OpenAI stuck fighting Musk antitrust suit after Apple finds a way out

What's happening

A new antitrust lawsuit alleges Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made an illegal agreement to 'pace' or slow AI development after CEOs including Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis and Elon Musk signaled a shared aim to slow the frontier. Coverage shows OpenAI confirmed weeks of safety talks with Anthropic and Google DeepMind while critics like Michael Burry called the calls to slow AI 'self-serving.' Meanwhile, Elon Musk has continued his antitrust attack on OpenAI, but Ars Technica reports Musk has stopped attacking Apple over ChatGPT integration after Apple "found a way out," leaving OpenAI to keep fighting Musk's suit.

Why it's trending

Multiple high-profile executives publicly agreed to 'pace' AI while legal and political actors (a lawsuit, public critics, and Musk's antitrust action) have converged on questions of coordination and competition.

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