India, June 2 -- Florida has filed a landmark lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman.

The complainant accuses them of putting profit over public safety by marketing ChatGPT as safe while allegedly knowing it could cause serious harm.

The case seeks billions in penalties and strict safeguards.

The US state of Florida has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, alleging the tech giant and its CEO put profit over public safety with its flagship artificial intelligence (AI) product, ChatGPT.

The lawsuit, filed in Florida state court on Monday local time by Florida's attorney general James Uthmeier, is one of the most significant enforcement actions brought by a state attorney against an AI company to date.

It comes as OpenAI an...