# A new class action lawsuit just filed， suing 4 AI frontier labs over the alleged "AI slowdown" pact….

- 来源：Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai)
- 发布时间：2026-09-20 05:37
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## AI 摘要

一起新的集体诉讼在加州联邦法院提起，起诉 4 家前沿 AI 实验室，指控协调限制 AI 发展的协议违反《谢尔曼法》第一条。起诉书将协议追溯到 Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei 呼吁全行业协调限制 AI 发展的日子，当天 3 家竞争对手高管公开支持该提案的部分内容。

## 正文

A new class action lawsuit just filed, suing 4 AI frontier labs over the alleged "AI slowdown" pact.

Filed in California federal court, it says coordinated limits on AI development violate Section 1 of the Sherman Act.

The complaint traces the alleged agreement to September 12, when Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged industrywide coordination to limit unchecked AI progress. And then executives at 3 rival frontier companies publicly supported parts of that proposal the same day, which plaintiffs characterize as acceptance of a common restraint.

Their argument treats slower capability growth as reduced output because paid subscribers expect continuing improvements in reasoning, coding, agents, context windows and other features.

The plaintiffs say a company slowing independently risks losing customers, revenue, talent and technological leadership, while collective restraint could remove that competitive penalty.

They seek to represent a nationwide class of people paying for 4 major AI assistants and are requesting an injunction plus treble damages.

The filing also stresses that plaintiffs are not challenging unilateral safety testing, outside evaluations, environmental safeguards or government regulation.

Ofcourse, the lawsuit remains an allegation, and public statements supporting similar safety goals do not by themselves establish that competitors formed an unlawful agreement.