Lawsuit claims Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal deal on AI slowdown

TL;DR

A lawsuit has been filed against Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google for allegedly making an illegal deal to slow AI development.
The companies are accused of violating antitrust laws by coordinating slowdown efforts, which could reduce the value of AI subscriptions for consumers.
The alleged coordination was prompted by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's essay advocating for industrywide cooperation on decelerating AI advancements for safety reasons.
Amodei proposed a plan to 'pace the frontier,' which was reportedly agreed upon by CEOs of OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google DeepMind.
Plaintiffs argue that competitors cannot legally agree that competition is too dangerous and that private agreements risk AI spinning out of human control.

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