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U.S. Antitrust Suit Claims AI Firms Colluded to Slow Development
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- U.S. plaintiffs sued Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google for antitrust collusion to slow AI development.
- The complaint was filed on September 18, 2026 in the Northern District of California.
- Plaintiffs allege the firms acted after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s September 12 essay urging coordination.
- Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Demis Hassabis each supported the slowing proposal.
- The case alleges Section 1 Sherman Act violation, requesting class certification and an injunction.