Lawsuit claims AI labs illegally agreed to slow development

A proposed Northern District of California class action, Buist v. Anthropic (~filed Sep 18, 2026), alleges Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Google illegally agreed to slow AI capability advancement under Sherman Act §1 after Dario Amodei’s Sep 12 “We Must Pace the Frontier” essay and public CEO endorsements. Plaintiffs who are paid subscribers claim reduced subscription value; the companies’ liability has not been established. Visit ainewspaper.org for more AI industry coverage.