OpenAI let ChatGPT aid and abet mass shooters, Florida suit asserts
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Florida has become the first US state to sue OpenAI over the design and safety of the company's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT.
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Florida has become the first US state to sue OpenAI over the design and safety of the company's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT
Summary
The sweeping lawsuit brought by Attorney General James Uthmeier alleges OpenAI and its boss Sam Altman are endangering and addicting children, aiding and abetting mass shooters, and coaxing users into suicide as the company pursues profit. Responding to the suit, OpenAI said it has "put in place industry leading protections and policies. The legal action comes as Florida is pursuing a criminal investigation into whether ChatGPT played a part in the murder of two people during a mass shooting at Florida State University last year. Florida's civil suit is also aiming to hold Altman personally liable for alleged "reckless and wilful conduct", including showing "utter disregard for the risk to human life caused by his firms' conduct", according to the complaint.