Lawsuit Says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI And Google Made Illegal Agreement On AI Slowdown
Tom's Hardware reports: Four plaintiffs subscribed to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, or Gemini filed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that the developers of these AI models violated antitrust laws when they agreed to slow AI development. According to the Associated Press, the lawsuit argues that this agreement would "reduce the value consumers get for paid AI subscriptions" and that this…
A proposed class-action lawsuit claims that Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google conspired to artificially slow down AI development in order to reduce the value of paid AI subscriptions. Filed by four plaintiffs who use ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, or Gemini, the lawsuit argues that the agreement, which began in July 2026, would limit consumer benefits.
The plaintiffs criticize the AI developers' cooperation proposal, led by Anthropic founder Dario Amodei, as a shortcut that substitutes collective restraint for individual accountability. The lawsuit states that the agreement started with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's July 2026 essay calling for industry-wide cooperation on slowing AI advancements for safety, followed by public responses from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk, and Google DeepMind co-founder and chair Demis Hassabis.
The plaintiffs argue that the coordination took place on September 12, when Amodei published his essay and the CEOs responded in agreement, but also acknowledge that the discussion began months earlier with a July 2026 statement from high-ranking AI lab employees acknowledging competitive pressure to slow development.
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