
本周,苹果面临与人工智能相关的新难题——这次“发难”的是全球首富埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk),他威胁称,若这家科技巨头不将OpenAI的ChatGPT从应用商店排行榜榜首之位撤下,将“立即采取法律行动”。这一切发生在周一晚间,这位特斯拉的亿万富翁首席执行官在以440亿美元收购的社交平台X上,对苹果及其应用商店的排名机制提出了尖锐指控。马斯克声称,苹果的排名系统“致使除OpenAI之外的任何人工智能公司都无法在应用商店中登顶榜首”,并称这构成“明显的反垄断违规行为”,同时誓言其旗下人工智能初创公司xAI“将立即采取法律行动”。
应用商店排名之争
马斯克不满的症结在于其初创公司xAI推出的人工智能聊天机器人Grok,该产品与ChatGPT直接展开竞争。截至周二上午,在美国苹果应用商店的免费应用排行榜上,ChatGPT占据着令人垂涎的榜首之位,而Grok则排在第六位。作为参考:谷歌的Gemini聊天机器人排名大幅落后,位列第57位。马斯克指控苹果存在不当偏袒,尤其考虑到苹果与OpenAI于2024年6月高调宣布合作,将ChatGPT更深度地整合到iPhone、iPad和Mac设备中。
“苹果的做法阻碍了除OpenAI以外的任何人工智能公司在应用商店中登顶榜首,这显然违反了反垄断法。”马斯克在一篇帖子中写道。他进而对苹果的编辑决策提出质疑:“为何你们拒绝将X或Grok归入‘必备’类别?毕竟X是全球领先的新闻应用,而Grok在所有应用中排名第五?你们是在搞政治操纵吗?”
苹果和OpenAI面临越来越多的审查
马斯克对苹果的抨击正值监管审查愈发严格之际。今年早些时候,在游戏工作室Epic Games对苹果提起诉讼后,一名美国法官裁定苹果违反法院命令,责令其修改应用商店竞争规则。4月,欧盟以苹果阻止应用程序开发者引导用户使用价格更低的外部服务为由,对其处以5亿欧元罚款,称其存在反竞争行为。苹果正在对这一裁决提出上诉。
苹果尚未对马斯克的最新指控作出公开回应。
OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥尔特曼(Sam Altman)迅速对马斯克的言论予以回击。“鉴于我听闻的关于埃隆为自身及旗下公司谋取私利、打压竞争对手及其厌恶之人而操纵X平台的种种指控,他这一说法实在令人咋舌。”奥尔特曼在X平台上写道,这凸显了人工智能领域时而存在的激烈竞争。
更广泛的利害关系
虽然马斯克声称苹果在打压竞争对手,但部分行业观察人士对这一说法表示怀疑。值得注意的是,来自中国的人工智能聊天机器人DeepSeek在1月份成功登顶应用商店综合榜单榜首——而这发生在苹果与OpenAI宣布合作数月之后。批评人士指出,马斯克尚未提供具体证据,证明苹果存在主动操纵排名以打压Grok或其他竞争对手的行为。
马斯克与苹果间的这场纷争,折射出消费级人工智能平台主导权之争背后的巨大利益博弈。全球iPhone用户超10亿,应用商店的排名对寻求广泛普及的新技术而言至关重要。马斯克将Grok定位为透明且审查相对较少的ChatGPT替代品,旨在颠覆现有市场格局。他本人在2015年参与创立了OpenAI,后因战略分歧于2018年离开。
这场争端标志着马斯克针对大型科技企业发起的更广泛行动进一步升级,该行动旨在打击他所认为的平台权力滥用行为,这可能会对数字市场在人工智能处理、应用程序筛选以及竞争格局等方面的运作模式产生影响。(*)
译者:中慧言-王芳
本周,苹果面临与人工智能相关的新难题——这次“发难”的是全球首富埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk),他威胁称,若这家科技巨头不将OpenAI的ChatGPT从应用商店排行榜榜首之位撤下,将“立即采取法律行动”。这一切发生在周一晚间,这位特斯拉的亿万富翁首席执行官在以440亿美元收购的社交平台X上,对苹果及其应用商店的排名机制提出了尖锐指控。马斯克声称,苹果的排名系统“致使除OpenAI之外的任何人工智能公司都无法在应用商店中登顶榜首”,并称这构成“明显的反垄断违规行为”,同时誓言其旗下人工智能初创公司xAI“将立即采取法律行动”。
应用商店排名之争
马斯克不满的症结在于其初创公司xAI推出的人工智能聊天机器人Grok,该产品与ChatGPT直接展开竞争。截至周二上午,在美国苹果应用商店的免费应用排行榜上,ChatGPT占据着令人垂涎的榜首之位,而Grok则排在第六位。作为参考:谷歌的Gemini聊天机器人排名大幅落后,位列第57位。马斯克指控苹果存在不当偏袒,尤其考虑到苹果与OpenAI于2024年6月高调宣布合作,将ChatGPT更深度地整合到iPhone、iPad和Mac设备中。
“苹果的做法阻碍了除OpenAI以外的任何人工智能公司在应用商店中登顶榜首,这显然违反了反垄断法。”马斯克在一篇帖子中写道。他进而对苹果的编辑决策提出质疑:“为何你们拒绝将X或Grok归入‘必备’类别?毕竟X是全球领先的新闻应用,而Grok在所有应用中排名第五?你们是在搞政治操纵吗?”
苹果和OpenAI面临越来越多的审查
马斯克对苹果的抨击正值监管审查愈发严格之际。今年早些时候,在游戏工作室Epic Games对苹果提起诉讼后,一名美国法官裁定苹果违反法院命令,责令其修改应用商店竞争规则。4月,欧盟以苹果阻止应用程序开发者引导用户使用价格更低的外部服务为由,对其处以5亿欧元罚款,称其存在反竞争行为。苹果正在对这一裁决提出上诉。
苹果尚未对马斯克的最新指控作出公开回应。
OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥尔特曼(Sam Altman)迅速对马斯克的言论予以回击。“鉴于我听闻的关于埃隆为自身及旗下公司谋取私利、打压竞争对手及其厌恶之人而操纵X平台的种种指控,他这一说法实在令人咋舌。”奥尔特曼在X平台上写道,这凸显了人工智能领域时而存在的激烈竞争。
更广泛的利害关系
虽然马斯克声称苹果在打压竞争对手,但部分行业观察人士对这一说法表示怀疑。值得注意的是,来自中国的人工智能聊天机器人DeepSeek在1月份成功登顶应用商店综合榜单榜首——而这发生在苹果与OpenAI宣布合作数月之后。批评人士指出,马斯克尚未提供具体证据,证明苹果存在主动操纵排名以打压Grok或其他竞争对手的行为。
马斯克与苹果间的这场纷争,折射出消费级人工智能平台主导权之争背后的巨大利益博弈。全球iPhone用户超10亿,应用商店的排名对寻求广泛普及的新技术而言至关重要。马斯克将Grok定位为透明且审查相对较少的ChatGPT替代品,旨在颠覆现有市场格局。他本人在2015年参与创立了OpenAI,后因战略分歧于2018年离开。
这场争端标志着马斯克针对大型科技企业发起的更广泛行动进一步升级,该行动旨在打击他所认为的平台权力滥用行为,这可能会对数字市场在人工智能处理、应用程序筛选以及竞争格局等方面的运作模式产生影响。(*)
译者:中慧言-王芳
Apple’s stock is down nearly 20% so far in 2025, losing more than $750 billion in market value and falling from its position as the world’s most valuable company, particularly as a result of investor disappointment around Apple’s artificial intelligence efforts, with the company’s Apple Intelligence suite failing to impress. This week, Apple has a fresh AI-related headache—but this time, it comes courtesy of the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, who’s threatening “immediate legal action” if the tech giant does not remove OpenAI’s ChatGPT from the top of its App Store rankings. It all unfolded late Monday, when the billionaire Tesla CEO took to the social network he bought for $44 billion, X, to level pointed accusations at Apple and its App Store practices. Musk alleged that Apple’s ranking system “makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store,” claiming this amounts to a “clear antitrust violation” and vowing that his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, “will take immediate legal action.”
Battle over App Store rankings
At the heart of Musk’s complaint is Grok, the AI chatbot launched by his xAI startup as a direct competitor to ChatGPT. As of Tuesday morning, ChatGPT holds the coveted top spot among free apps in Apple’s App Store in the United States, while Grok sits at sixth. For context: Google’s Gemini chatbot trails far behind, ranking 57th. Musk alleges improper favoritism, especially given Apple’s high-profile partnership with OpenAI, announced in June 2024, that integrates ChatGPT more deeply with iPhones, iPads, and Macs.
“Apple is acting in a way that hinders any AI firm, other than OpenAI, from achieving the top position in the App Store, which constitutes a clear violation of antitrust laws,” Musk wrote in one post. He further questioned Apple’s editorial decisions: “Why do you decline to include either X or Grok in your ‘Must Have’ category when X holds the title of the world’s leading news app and Grok ranks fifth among all applications? Are you engaging in political maneuvering?”
Apple and OpenAI face growing scrutiny
Musk’s attack on Apple arrives in a climate of mounting regulatory scrutiny. Earlier this year, a U.S. judge found Apple in violation of a court order requiring changes to App Store competition rules, following a lawsuit by video game studio Epic Games. The European Union fined Apple €500 million in April for blocking app developers from steering users to cheaper outside offers, citing anticompetitive behavior. Apple is appealing the decision.
Apple has yet to publicly respond to Musk’s latest accusations.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman quickly fired back at Musk’s claims. “This is a remarkable claim given what I have heard alleged that Elon does to manipulate X to benefit himself and his own companies and harm his competitors and people he doesn’t like,” Altman wrote on X, highlighting the sometimes cutthroat competition within the AI sector.
The broader stakes
While Musk asserts that Apple is locking out competitors, some industry observers have cast doubt on the claim. Notably, DeepSeek, an AI chatbot from China, managed to reach the top overall spot on the App Store back in January—months after Apple’s partnership with OpenAI was announced. Critics point out that Musk has yet to provide concrete evidence that Apple is actively manipulating rankings to disadvantage Grok or other rivals.
The fight between Musk and Apple reflects the high stakes in the race to dominate consumer AI platforms. With over 1 billion iPhone users worldwide, App Store rankings can make or break new technologies seeking widespread adoption. Musk has positioned Grok as a transparent and less censored alternative to ChatGPT, seeking to disrupt the existing market that he helped create when he cofounded OpenAI in 2015 before departing in 2018 over strategic disagreements.
The dispute marks an escalation in Musk’s broader campaign against Big Tech and perceived abuses of platform power, with potential implications for how digital marketplaces handle AI, app curation, and competition.