India, June 1 -- Florida is suing OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, claiming they knowingly released an unsafe AI product and didn't do enough to protect users, especially kids.
This lawsuit, announced by James Uthmeier, is the first of its kind at the state level targeting OpenAI's safety practices and ChatGPT's design. Filed in Florida's Tenth Judicial Circuit, the suit alleges misleading and unfair trade practices, negligence, product liability, fraud, and public nuisance. The state is pushing for financial penalties and changes to how OpenAI operates.
Florida argues that ChatGPT carries risks like addiction, cognitive decline, self-harm, suicide, and violence. It also criticizes the company's parental controls, saying that the free vers...