New Delhi, June 1 -- James Uthmeier, Florida Attorney General, on Monday (local time) sued artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI and its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sam Altman, accusing the firm of putting profit over safety.

NBC News, citing the complaint filed, noted, "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 AI company has also been accused of fuelling violence and pushing a product it knew could harm users. The development comes more than a month after Uthmeier issued subpoenas to the company and sought information on how it handles user threats of harm to themselves o...