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  "id": 8496242,
  "title": "Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/lawsuit-says-anthropic-openai-spacexai-and-google-made-illegal",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-19T16:33:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/sci-tech/2026/09/19/lawsuit-says-anthropic-openai-spacexai-and-google-made-illegal-agreement-on-ai-slowdown"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new lawsuit alleges that Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google conspired to intentionally slow down their respective artificial intelligence development, potentially violating antitrust laws. The agreement allegedly emerged on September 12 when Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay advocating for industrywide cooperation on decelerating advancements in favor of enhanced safety measures. OpenAI's Sam Altman, SpaceXAI's Elon Musk, and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis each publicly responded to Amodei's proposals in agreement. The plaintiffs argue that the coordinated slowdown would reduce the value consumers receive for paid AI subscriptions. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeks to represent a nationwide class of paid subscribers to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, or Gemini.",
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    "Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google allegedly conspired to slow AI development.",
    "Agreement formed on September 12 when Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocated for cooperation.",
    "Lawsuit seeks to represent class of paid AI subscribers nationwide."
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        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Lawsuit accuses Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, Google of AI pacing 'collusion'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/lawsuit-accuses-anthropic-openai-spacexai-google-of-ai-pacing",
        "published": "2026-09-19T12:16:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/lawsuit-says-anthropic-openai-spacexai-and-google-made-illegal-8500487",
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        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/lawsuit-says-anthropic-openai-spacexai-and-google-made-illegal-8500715",
        "published": "2026-09-19T17:10:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
        "title": "SpaceX, Google, Anthropic, OpenAI face antitrust lawsuit over AI slowdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/spacex-google-anthropic-openai-face-antitrust-lawsuit-over-ai-slowdown",
        "published": "2026-09-19T17:28:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Lawsuit says AI giants made illegal deal on technology's slowdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/lawsuit-says-ai-giants-made-illegal-deal-on-technologys-slowdown",
        "published": "2026-09-19T17:49:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Lawsuit says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made illegal agreement on AI slowdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/lawsuit-says-anthropic-openai-spacexai-and-google-made-illegal-8515514",
        "published": "2026-09-19T18:15:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, Google Sued Over AI Development Slowdown Calls",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/anthropic-openai-spacexai-google-sued-over-ai-development-slowdown",
        "published": "2026-09-19T18:42:08.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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