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A brief history of AI executives calling for regulation

16 September 2026 at 13:00
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Over the past few days, a lot of people who stand to make a lot of money from AI all publicly agreed that it's time to make everyone slow down before we lose control - including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and X CEO Elon Musk.

When people who profit from something declare that it's dangerous and needs to be regulated, there's always reason to be skeptical. But whatever their reason, this is far from the first time AI thought leaders have sounded the alarm.

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OpenAI stuck fighting Musk antitrust suit after Apple finds a way out

14 September 2026 at 20:45

Elon Musk is seemingly done attacking Apple over its decision to integrate ChatGPT into iPhone features.

Back in 2024, when the partnership was first announced, Musk slammed the integration as an agreement from Apple to let OpenAI install β€œcreepy spyware” on users’ devices. The next year, he sued, claiming the partnership gave the firms a β€œmonopoly” on Apple users’ AI prompts, which allegedly harmed competition in both smartphone and chatbot markets.

For Musk, the fight with Apple seemingly escalated after he believed that his chatbot, Grok, was perhaps being illegally blocked from topping Apple’s App Store rankings. Last August, he claimed that β€œApple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an unequivocal antitrust violation.”

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Elon Musk’s X Corp and SpaceXAI resolve antitrust lawsuit against Apple

14 September 2026 at 15:00
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Elon Musk’s X Corp and SpaceXAI said Monday they have resolved their lawsuit in federal court in Texas alleging Apple conspired to monopolize markets for smartphones and generative AI chatbots, Reuters reports.

The companies announced the resolution on September 14th. Reuters did not report financial terms, whether any party admitted liability, or whether the case was dismissed with or without prejudice.

Reuters identified the plaintiffs as X Corp and SpaceXAI.
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MacDailyNews Note: The suit had accused Apple of conspiring to lock up the smartphone and generative AI chatbot markets.


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