Four nonprofit organisations have sued major AI developers in San Francisco in the United States, seeking to halt development of advanced models. They allege the companies cannot reliably control their systems. The defendants include Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI and SpaceX Super Intelligence. The filing places those safety allegations before a court; it does not establish them as findings.
Four nonprofit organisations filed suit against major AI developers in San Francisco Superior Court, a California state court in the United States, on November 12. They seek to block further development of advanced models, alleging the companies cannot reliably control their systems. The defendants named in the filing are Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI and SpaceX Super Intelligence. These are the plaintiffs’ allegations, not findings by the court.[1], [2]
The plaintiffs are the Alliance for Secure AI, Irreplaceable Education Fund, Public Citizen and Heat Initiative, organisations working on AI safety or public-interest advocacy. They cite earlier warnings from industry executives about the possibility of catastrophic harm. The complaint alleges developers know their systems do not consistently behave as intended. CBS News recounts earlier safety statements from Sam Altman and Dario Amodei as part of that background.[1]
The filing also challenges the growing use of AI systems to develop later systems, a process the plaintiffs associate with reduced human intervention. Alliance for Secure AI chief executive Brendan Steinhauser argues that companies continue building and marketing more powerful models they acknowledge they cannot reliably control. CBS News said the companies had not responded to requests for comment when its report was published.[1]
