At Anthropic OpenAI and Google were sued over alleged conspiracy to limit AI development

A group of plaintiffs has filed a collective lawsuit against Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, accusing the companies of unlawful collusion to slow down the development of artificial intelligence technologies. The lawsuit claims that the tech giants have violated antitrust laws by coordinating their actions to limit competition and control the pace of innovation. The statement alleges that market participants have allegedly agreed to create artificial barriers that hinder the emergence of more powerful models. The plaintiffs insist that such actions are aimed at protecting the companies' current positions and preventing the emergence of independent players that could offer alternative solutions. Such coordination, in the authors' opinion, causes direct harm to the market and limits users' access to advanced developments. The legal claim is based on an analysis of public statements by the companies' leaders and their investment activity over the past few years. The plaintiffs are demanding a thorough investigation into the corporations' activities and measures to restore fair competition in the generative AI sector. Currently, the defendants have not provided detailed comments on the substance of the allegations, but experts note that the case may set a precedent for regulating the entire industry. This lawsuit is one of the first large-scale proceedings where the subject of the dispute is not a violation of copyright or data privacy, but the technology development strategy itself. Further consideration of the case may lead to increased government control over the pace of release of new models and the transparency of internal agreements between market leaders.