Artificial intelligence giants sued over collaborative call to ‘pace’ AI

A class-action antitrust lawsuit filed in a California federal court accuses Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceXAI of colluding to intentionally slow AI technical advancements, brought on behalf of paid subscribers to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini. The complaint centers on a September essay by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocating collective industry deceleration for safety, which rival executives publicly endorsed; plaintiffs argue the mutual pledges to delay development timelines violate federal antitrust laws and reduce value for paying customers. Anthropic's CEO previously acknowledged potential antitrust hurdles regarding cross-lab safety discussions, and the named companies did not immediately comment on the suit.

Artificial intelligence giants sued over collaborative call to ‘pace’ AI - Major AI developers, including Google https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/google , OpenAI https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/openai , Anthropic https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/anthropic , and SpaceXAI face an antitrust lawsuit https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/lawsuit alleging they colluded to intentionally slow down AI technical advancements. - The class-action lawsuit was filed in a California federal court on behalf of paid subscribers to AI services such as ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini. - The complaint centers on a September essay by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocating for collective industry deceleration for safety, which was publicly endorsed by rival executives. - Plaintiffs argue that mutual pledges among tech giants to delay development timelines violate federal antitrust laws and reduce the value provided to paying customers. - Anthropic's CEO previously acknowledged potential antitrust hurdles regarding cross-lab safety discussions, though the named companies did not immediately comment on the suit. More bulletins