Nov 13 (Reuters) - Apple Inc ( AAPL ) and ChatGPT maker

OpenAI on Thursday failed to convince a federal judge to dismiss

a lawsuit by Elon Musk's X Corp accusing them of conspiring to

monopolize markets for smartphones and generative AI chatbots.

In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort

Worth, Texas, said Musk's social media platform X and startup

xAI can move forward for now with their lawsuit, in a

preliminary victory for the billionaire entrepreneur in a battle

over artificial intelligence dominance.

Pittman said in his brief order that his ruling should not

be seen as a judgment on the merits of X's allegations, and that

he will look at disputes over fact at a later stage in the case.