Nonprofits sue OpenAI, Meta, and others over AI risks

A coalition of nonprofit groups has sued OpenAI, Meta, Google, Anthropic, and SpaceX Super Intelligence in San Francisco Superior Court, seeking to halt their AI development over alleged catastrophic risks to humanity. The lawsuit, filed by the Alliance for Secure AI, Public Citizen, and others, claims the companies knowingly build AI systems they cannot reliably control. It cites executive warnings, including Sam Altman's 2015 statement that AI could "end the world," and reported incidents of harmful AI actions. The plaintiffs allege risks from "recursive self-improvement," where AI develops future systems with less human oversight. These are allegations, not court findings, and the companies have not yet responded publicly.