Nonprofits Sue AI Developers Over Risks

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1. 12 Nov

   NEW YORK (AP) — A coalition of online safety and consumer advocacy groups on Thursday sued five of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies to halt further development, alleging the tech giants can’t prevent their own creations from causing “catastrophic” harm.

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• 12 Nov Major AI developers can't control their own tech, lawsuit allegesA coalition of nonprofit groups filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court on Thursday against Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and SpaceXSI to block the development of AI models. The lawsuit alleges these companies are creating technology they cannot reliably control, citing risks of "recursive self-improvement" where AI is used to develop future platforms without human intervention. The plaintiffs highlight…CBS News
• 12 Nov US nonprofits sue tech giants to halt AI developmentA coalition of four nonprofits filed a civil complaint in San Francisco Superior Court on Thursday seeking an immediate emergency injunction to freeze AI model training and deployments by Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and SpaceX. The lawsuit alleges these companies have violated California unfair competition laws by creating technologies capable of causing "catastrophic harm" and "existential threats" to…Al Jazeera
• 12 Nov Nonprofits sue five AI developers to freeze new models ‘before catastrophe strikes’A coalition of nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California for the County of San Francisco on Thursday against Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and SpaceXSI. The suit seeks a court order to halt the development of new AI models that the plaintiffs claim could escape human oversight to facilitate cyberattacks or the creation of bioweapons. The legal action takes the specific angle that…Washington Examiner
• 12 Nov Watchdogs Haul Five Tech Giants To Court Over Concerns AI Could ‘Exterminate’ HumanityA coalition of four nonprofit groups, including the Alliance for Secure AI and Public Citizen, filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court against Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and SpaceXSI. The plaintiffs seek to halt the development and release of frontier AI models, alleging that these technologies cannot be contained and pose a catastrophic risk to public safety, potentially even leading to the extermination…Daily Caller
• 12 Nov Advocacy groups sue AI giants to freeze new models, warning of 'catastrophic' risksAdvocacy groups have filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court against five major AI companies, demanding they halt the development of new AI models. The plaintiffs, who include online safety and consumer advocacy groups, argue that the companies cannot ensure their technologies do not cause significant harm. The lawsuit comes amid growing concerns over the rapid advancement of AI technology and follows a…Toronto Star

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