Trump warned that countries imposing digital taxes and regulatory rules that he deems discriminatory against US tech firms will face substantial tariffs on exports and restrictions on technology and chip sales. He named measures such as the UK's digital services tax and similar rules in France, Italy and Spain and said he will stand up to countries that attack American tech companies. Separately, Elon Musk's xAI sued Apple and OpenAI, alleging collusion that gives ChatGPT exclusive access to iPhone prompts and that Apple suppresses rival chatbot apps. Japanese publishers Nikkei and Asahi Shimbun filed a Tokyo suit accusing Perplexity of copyright infringement.
Trump has warned tariffs on countries imposing digital taxes on US tech firms. He said measures such as the UK's digital services tax and similar rules in France, Italy and Spain discriminate against companies like Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple. Trump said he will add tariffs on exports and restrict technology sales if those policies stay in place.
xAI has filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, accusing them of working together to block competition in the AI market. The complaint claims Apple's partnership with OpenAI gives ChatGPT exclusive access to billions of user prompts from iPhones, creating a major advantage for model improvement. The suit also alleges Apple is pushing down rival chatbot apps in App Store rankings. It argues Apple is using its dominance in smartphones to favour OpenAI, calling the company "a monopolist in the market for generative AI chatbots."
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