A coalition of nonprofits is suing five major artificial intelligence companies in an effort to freeze the technology’s development.
The suit, filed Thursday in San Francisco County Superior Court against Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI and SpaceXSI, argues that the catastrophic risks of AI pose a threat to public safety.
“We hold every other industry accountable when their products threaten public safety, and AI companies should be no different,” said Brendan Steinhauser CEO of the Alliance for Secure AI, one of the groups behind the complaint. “Today, we are asking the court to hold AI companies to the same standards and protect the public from the threats posed by these powerful models.”
It’s the latest effort in a growing campaign to rein in the immense power of big AI companies and the technology they create through lawsuits. This case and others like it shed light on whether individuals or organizations who have not been directly harmed by AI companies’ technology can sue.
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