Major AI Firms Face Antitrust Lawsuit Over Alleged Development Slowdown Pact

Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, and Google have been sued in a US federal court over alleged antitrust violations. The lawsuit was filed on Friday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. Plaintiffs argue that these leading AI companies illegally coordinated efforts to slow down artificial intelligence development. The complaint contends that such coordination among competing firms constitutes a violation of antitrust laws.