US nonprofits sue tech giants to halt AI development

A coalition of digital safety and consumer watchdogs has filed a lawsuit against the world’s top artificial intelligence (AI) developers, requesting a court-ordered freeze on AI model training and deployments. The suit targets five tech giants – Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI and SpaceX – alleging the industry leaders cannot prevent their AI creations from causing “catastrophic harm”.

They are demanding the companies pause their technologies until safeguards are put in place. The lawsuit cites documented instances of AI-driven cyberattacks and other harmful behaviours, alongside the companies’ own grave admissions that their unregulated technologies could go rogue and pose an existential threat to humanity.

The nonprofits are seeking an immediate emergency injunction on next-generation models from major tech firms. They are demanding the companies only be allowed to resume operations once they can prove the technology is under human control.