Nonprofits Sue AI Companies To Block Feared Technological ‘Catastrophe’

( November 13, 2026, 12:36 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Four nonprofit organizations on Nov. 12 filed a complaint in California state court against the largest U.S. AI companies seeking an immediate injunction forbidding them from developing and deploying “more capable AI systems,” writing that the companies have developed AI technology without adequate safeguards against the “catastrophic risk” of advanced AI in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and urging the court to apply state law to “protect the public.”...