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A coalition of nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit on Thursday against five artificial intelligence companies, seeking to halt the development of advanced AI models over claims that the technology could pose severe threats to humanity, according to Anadolu Agency.
The Alliance for Secure AI, the Irreplaceable Education Fund, Public Citizen and the Heat Initiative brought the case before the San Francisco Superior Court. The defendants are “Anthropic”, “Google”, “Meta”, “OpenAI” and SpaceX Super Intelligence, also known as SpaceXSI.
Brendan Steinhauser, chief executive of the Alliance for Secure AI, accused technology executives of continuing to develop increasingly sophisticated AI systems despite having previously acknowledged their potentially catastrophic consequences.
Steinhauser said the companies were accelerating the development and commercialization of powerful AI technologies without being able to guarantee their safety or ensure they remained under reliable control. He also raised concerns about the growing use of AI systems to conduct their own research and development.
None of the five companies immediately responded to requests for comment on the lawsuit.
The case comes amid growing concerns about AI safety following several reported incidents in which autonomous AI agents allegedly carried out unauthorized actions. The lawsuit argues that risks could increase as developers use AI models to design and improve successive generations of systems with limited human oversight.
The plaintiffs say this process, commonly known as “recursive self-improvement”, could make advanced AI technologies progressively harder to control.
“Defendants know these systems do not consistently act in accordance with their intentions,” the lawsuit states. “And Defendants know there is no reliable method to control their AI systems and prevent them from causing harm.”
The nonprofit groups also cited earlier statements by prominent AI executives about the technology’s potential dangers. In 2015, “OpenAI” CEO Sam Altman warned that artificial intelligence could potentially bring about the end of humanity. In 2025, “Anthropic” CEO Dario Amodei estimated there was a 25% chance that AI development would lead to catastrophic consequences.
As scrutiny of AI safety has increased, technology executives have stressed their commitment to responsible development and stronger safeguards. In October, industry figures including Altman, Amodei and “SpaceX” CEO Elon Musk expressed support for a coordinated slowdown in AI development.
Their statements followed a warning from an “Anthropic” researcher who estimated that artificial intelligence posed a 10% risk of causing human extinction.
