Elon Musk : refers to the AI collaboration between Apple and Google as a “unreasonable concentration of power.”
Elon Musk: the CEO of Tesla and the creator of the artificial intelligence company xAI, harshly criticized Apple on Tuesday for using Google’s Gemini models for next-generation Siri and Apple Foundation Models, claiming that it was “an unreasonable concentration of power” for Google.
Following Google’s confirmation that the multi-year agreement will provide Gemini models and cloud infrastructure to power Apple Intelligence capabilities, Musk shared his dissatisfaction on the social media site X.
Musk added, “Given that Google also owns Android and Chrome, this seems like an unreasonable concentration of power for Google.”
The conflict arises as Google continues to be under antitrust investigation in the US and elsewhere for its dominance in search, advertising, and browsers, while Apple aims to bridge the gap in generative AI.
Additionally, since ChatGPT was previously included into Siri and Apple Intelligence as an optional add-on, Musk’s AI company xAI is suing Apple and OpenAI. According to many sources, Musk claimed that Apple’s app Store policies hurt competitors like Grok. The case has survived first dismissal and is scheduled to go on.
The controversy also came when Grok was restricted in many nations, including Malaysia and Indonesia, due to accusations that it produced non-consensual sexualized photographs, including those involving kids.
Additionally, X Corp was targeted by India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for failing to stop the creation and dissemination of pornographic, nude, and indecent material on their platform.
Google recently revealed new Gemini-powered products, like as AI Inbox, to provide its consumers more useful and tailored information.
According to the business, Gmail users and Google AI Pro and Ultra members in the US have begun to get the new features.
Nvidia Corp., Valor Equity Partners, and the Qatar Investment Authority were among the investors in xAI’s $20 billion investment round, which was completed earlier this month.
The company, which has already raised over $10 billion in debt and corporate stock in 2025, has been spending almost $1 billion per month. Musk has acknowledged that xAI is increasing Memphis’ data center capacity to about 2 gigawatts.