Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX AI, Google sued for alleged conspiracy over calls to slow AI development
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According to a civil lawsuit filed in federal court on Friday, AI giants Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX AI, and Google are facing conspiracy charges for recent public calls to coordinate a slowdown in AI development. The complaint, reported by Politico and summarized by Jin10, alleges that statements by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calling for 'industry-wide coordination' to 'set the pace for the cutting edge,' echoed by SpaceX AI chief Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis, amount to an illegal business agreement between competitors under U.S. antitrust laws. Attorney Nick Rowley, who filed the suit in the Northern District of California on behalf of four plaintiffs, stated the case aims to prevent private agreements among powerful tech companies from causing AI to 'rapidly spiraling out of human control.' Rowley argued that humanity deserves 'ironclad security' against extinction threats like nuclear war, and that the rule of law should be established transparently by the U.S. government.
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September 19 — Politico — A civil lawsuit filed in federal court on Friday accuses AI industry leaders Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX AI, and Google of conspiring to slow down the development of artificial intelligence, in violation of U.S. antitrust laws.
According to the complaint, the alleged conspiracy stems from recent public calls by top executives for "industry-wide coordination" to regulate the pace of AI advancement. The lawsuit specifically cites:
- Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, who earlier this month called for "industry-wide coordination" to "set the pace for the cutting edge."
- Elon Musk, head of SpaceX AI
- Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI
- Demis Hassabis, co-founder of Google DeepMind
The complaint argues that these statements, echoed and endorsed by the other executives, amounted to an illegal business agreement between competitors under U.S. antitrust law.
The suit was filed in the Northern District of California on behalf of four plaintiffs. Attorney Nick Rowley, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, stated that the case seeks to prevent "private self-serving agreements among the world's most powerful for-profit technology companies" from allowing AI to "rapidly spiraling out of human control."
Rowley added: "When it comes to threats of extinction events like nuclear war, now the greatest risk in human history, humanity deserves ironclad security. The rule of law should be established by the U.S. government transparently, legally, and accountable to the public."
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