Elon Musk just made a post on his X account at about 1 AM UTC, accusing Apple of — without any doubt — violating the antitrust laws in its partnership. He said Apple is behaving in a manner which makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to clinch the number one spot on App Store.

The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, quoted the tweet just about 2 hours later, countering Musk’s allegations. He said it was a “remarkable” allegation, given that Elon Musk himself has been accused of altering X’s ranking algorithms to favor him and his companies.

He also shared a media article published in 2023 by Platformer, which alleged Elon Musk forced X engineers to rebuild the ranking algorithms in his favor. A tweak which they said pushed Elon Musk’s tweets to the top of X users’ timelines.

The article claims that this action was prompted by Musk’s frustration over his Super Bowl tweet receiving less engagement than one from President Joe Biden. After threatening to fire his engineers, they created a new system to “greenlight” all of Musk’s tweets. This new algorithm essentially applied a “power user multiplier” of 1,000 to his account, which automatically boosted his tweets to rank higher than anyone else’s and caused his posts to flood users’ feeds.

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I have always been fascinated by technology and digital devices my entire life and even got addicted to it. I have always marveled at the intricacy of even the simplest digital devices and systems around us. I have been writing and publishing articles online for about 6 years now, just about a year ago, I found myself lost in the marvel of smartphones and laptops we have in our hands every day. I developed a passion for learning about new devices and technologies that come with them and at some point, I asked myself, “Why not get into writing tech articles?” It is useless to say I followed up the idea — it is evident. I am an open-minded individual who derives an infinite amount of joy from researching and discovering new information, I believe there is so much to learn and such a short life to live, so I put my time to good use — learning new things. I am a ‘bookworm’ of the internet and digital devices. When I am not writing, you will find me on my devices still, I do explore and admire the beauty of nature and creatures. I am a fast learner and quickly adapt to changes, always looking forward to new adventures.