There is no antitrust exemption for AI safety coordination.
With no statute authorizing frontier-lab coordination, public pacing pledges and proposed industry standards bodies are drawing Sherman Act class actions while the political branches explicitly refuse any exemption.
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The pacing-pledge class action advances with both political branches refusing any safe harbor, proving AI safety coordination receives no antitrust exemption in court or Congress.
The Sherman Act suit converts public safety-coordination pledges into collusion exposure while both political branches refuse any statutory exemption.
Ferguson's stated deep suspicion of a frontier-duopoly exemption confirms regulators will treat safety coordination as ordinary collusive conduct.