Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google face antitrust lawsuit for agreeing to slow AI development — plaintiffs say plan has been in motion for months before, calls agreement ‘self-serving’
TL;DR
A proposed class action lawsuit has been lodged against the four big AI tech companies after they agreed to slow AI development for safety reasons. The lead counsel on the lawsuit says that 'AI will quickly spin out of control and could kill us all if we allow AI safety and protocol ... to be controlled by private self-serving agreements between the world's most powerful 'for profit' technology companies. '.
Nauti's Take
A court review of the slowdown agreement between Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google brings useful transparency about who actually sets safety standards. The open question is whether an antitrust case ends up releasing the very brake that was installed for safety reasons.
Smaller labs and open-source teams gain clarity, while users should expect wobbly roadmaps in the short term.
Summary
A proposed class action lawsuit has been lodged against the four big AI tech companies after they agreed to slow AI development for safety reasons. The lead counsel on the lawsuit says that 'AI will quickly spin out of control and could kill us all if we allow AI safety and protocol ...
to be controlled by private self-serving agreements between the world's most powerful 'for profit' technology companies. '
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