AI Companies Sued Over Alleged Pact to Slow Development
Four plaintiffs filed a lawsuit against Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google in Californian court.
TL;DR
- A lawsuit was filed on Sept. 18 against Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google.
- The lawsuit alleges the companies formed a pact to slow the pace of their competing AI technology development.
- Plaintiffs claim this alleged slowdown deceives customers who paid for subscriptions expecting regular upgrades.
- The suit argues that an agreement among competitors to slow product improvement constitutes an illegal restraint of trade under the Sherman Act.
- The plaintiffs emphasize that companies should independently set their own safety thresholds and development paces, not through agreements with rivals.
- The lawsuit was filed shortly after AI CEOs publicly discussed and supported a slowdown in AI development.
- Separately, Donald Trump announced plans to form an "AI Force" to boost the industry's growth and suggested renaming AI to "superior intelligence" or "extreme intelligence."