Judge rejects OpenAI’s bid to see X’s confidential settlement with Apple in antitrust lawsuit

Judge Mark Pittman today rejected OpenAI’s request to obtain X and SpaceXAI’s confidential settlement agreement with Apple in their ongoing antitrust case. Here are the details. A few days ago, X and SpaceXAI informed the federal court overseeing their antitrust lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI that, after reaching an agreement with Apple, they would move to dismiss their claims against the iPhone maker. In the lawsuit, Elon Musk’s companies accused Apple and OpenAI of colluding to shut competing AI apps out of the market, including by preventing them from gaining visibility on the App Store, allegations both companies denied. After X and SpaceXAI informed the court of the agreement, OpenAI filed an emergency motion asking the judge to compel them to produce its terms, arguing that they could contain information…