Florida's attorney general filed an 83-page complaint alleging OpenAI knowingly released an unsafe product that aided mass shooters and drove vulnerable people to suicide.
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit Monday against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that the artificial intelligence company knowingly released an unsafe product that could harm users. The action marks the first state-level lawsuit against the company over design and safety concerns.
The 83-page complaint claims that OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot has aided and abetted mass shooters in "deadly rampages," driven vulnerable people to suicide, harmed users' critical thinking skills and caused minors to become addicted. According to the filing, OpenAI violated Florida's rules on deceptive business practices and knew that its chatbot could be dangerous to children and others through actions such as providing "harmful information such as tips on eating disorders, self-harm and mass murder."
The complaint states that OpenAI chose "profits over public safety" in creating the product. It alleges that "the rise of OpenAI is attributable to a web of deceit and the exploitation of users (including Floridians), leveraging their data and safety to boost OpenAI's market value at unacceptable costs." The filing also characterizes ChatGPT as presenting "a great danger of addiction, cognitive decline, suicide, violence and related harms."
The lawsuit attributes the harms to OpenAI's "insatiable quest to win the AI arms race and amass large fortunes." The complaint seeks to hold Altman personally liable for the alleged harms caused by the company's product.
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