# Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google are all defendants in a lawsuit alleging they illegally conspired to slow their AI progress. > Source: > Published: 2026-09-21 18:38:55+00:00 # Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google are all defendants in a lawsuit alleging they illegally conspired to slow their AI progress. The four named plaintiffs, who are subscribers to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, or Gemini, are bringing the lawsuit on behalf of a proposed nationwide class of other paid subscribers to those services. The lawsuit also alleges that the coordination began as early as July 2026 with a statement from AI employees acknowledging the “intense competitive pressure not to unilaterally slow development.” The plaintiffs don’t object to the companies individually deciding to slow their own progress in favor of safety, but argue that antitrust laws forbid them from taking the “shortcut” of agreeing to “substitute collective restraint for individual accountability.” Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google are all defendants in a lawsuit alleging they illegally conspired to slow their AI progress.The four named plaintiffs, who are subscribers to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, or Gemini, are bringing the lawsuit on behalf of a proposed nationwide class of other paid subscribers to those services.The lawsuit also alleges that the coordination began as early as July 2026 with a statement from AI employees acknowledging the "intense competitive pressure not to unilaterally slow development."The plaintiffs don't object to the companies individually deciding to slow their own progress in favor of safety, but argue that antitrust laws forbid them from taking the "shortcut" of agreeing to "substitute collective restraint for individual accountability."