OpenAI, Google, Anthropic hit with lawsuit to halt AI development

Washington: A group of nonprofits sued OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX’s AI division, Meta Platforms and Alphabet’s Google on Thursday, seeking to block the further development of the most advanced AI models over concerns, voiced by the companies’ own leaders, that the technology could pose a threat to humanity.

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The nonprofits, which focus on tech accountability and include the Irreplaceable Education Fund, Public Citizen and Heat Initiative, sued in San Francisco, saying California’s laws against unfair business practices provide the grounds for a court order barring the companies from further development of products like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. The lawsuit cites comments from company leaders, like Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic, and Elon Musk, SpaceX’s chief executive, about AI’s potential to cause the destruction of civilisation.

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Anthropic PBC’s IPO has drawn about six times the orders for the shares available, according sources. The Claude AI model firm and its co-founders are seeking to raise $64.4 billion in the IPO and $26 billion in a private placement.