A coalition of nonprofits sued Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI and SpaceX’s AI unit in San Francisco Superior Court, alleging the companies are racing to deploy “frontier” artificial-intelligence systems they admit they cannot reliably control. The groups—led by the Alliance for Secure AI with support from Public Citizen, the Heat Initiative and the Irreplaceable Education Fund—seek to halt development and highlight risks from recursive self-improvement and autonomous AI agents. The complaint cites past statements from industry leaders, including Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, warning of catastrophic outcomes, even as companies push ahead. Meta declined to comment; others didn’t respond. The case arrives as policymakers intensify scrutiny of AI safety and governance, adding legal pressure to an already heated debate over the pace of advanced model development.
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