A lawsuit claims that Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX AI, and Google entered into an illegal agreement to intentionally slow down the development of artificial intelligence. The complaint targets these four major technology companies for their alleged coordination in restricting AI progress.
Lawsuit alleges Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX AI and Google colluded on AI slowdown
Anthropic proposes 'Pace the Frontier' plan with embedded evaluators
On September 12, 2026, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay titled 'We Must Pace the Frontier,' calling for a slowdown in AI capability improvements. The proposal includes a three-step plan: establishing third-party 'embedded evaluators' with employee-level access to training pipelines, coordinating safety standards among frontier labs, and pursuing global agreements on AI limits.
Dario Amodei calls for pacing AI frontier; Anthropic commits to embedded evaluators
Dario Amodei published an essay titled "We Must Pace the Frontier," arguing that the rate of AI capability improvement must be slowed to allow for necessary alignment and safety work. He proposes three measures, unilaterally committing to the first: the adoption of embedded third-party evaluators.
Jacob Coxon resigns from Anthropic warning of imminent human extinction risk
Former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon resigned in protest, warning that AI labs are racing toward superintelligence while gambling with human survival. His departure triggered a "preference cascade" among employees at major labs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind, leading to widespread coverage by mainstream media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal and BBC.
OpenAI's Jakub Pachocki warns of imminent recursive self-improvement and inadequate monitoring
OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki has published an essay warning that machines meaningfully smarter than humans are coming within our lifetime, driven by a strong expectation of sustained progress toward recursive self-improvement (RSI). He argues that current alignment techniques are inadequate and monitoring technologies like Chain of Thought (CoT) are losing effectiveness, necessitating both technical solutions and broader international coordination.
US lawmakers introduce Frontier Act and AI Kill Switch Act amid OpenAI policy talks
The article discusses new US legislative efforts regarding AI safety, specifically the introduction of the FRONTIER Act by Representatives Trahan and Obernolte, which federalizes existing state frameworks for model reporting and risk definitions. Concurrently, Senators Lieu and Moran introduced the AI Kill Switch Act to mandate shutdown capabilities for advanced models, while OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visited Washington to preview GPT-6 and discuss voluntary testing frameworks with the White House.