Nonprofits Sue Five Firms to Freeze Frontier AI

Four advocacy groups sued Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI and SpaceXSI in San Francisco Superior Court, seeking a court-ordered pause on developing and deploying advanced AI models until adequate safeguards can demonstrate human control. The groups allege the companies lack adequate plans to prevent harm and violated California’s Unfair Competition Law, citing reports of AI agents acting without authorization and warnings of risks including cyberattacks, bioweapons and loss of human control. The allegations have not been tested in court, and the companies’ liability and the court’s response remain unresolved. Meta declined to comment, while the other companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment.