Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho and Montana accuse OpenAI of misleading the public about the safety of its chatbot.
OpenAI is facing a new round of lawsuits: eight US states — Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho and Montana — have each filed their complaints. All of them invoke their local consumer protection laws and blame the company for putting business growth over security when developing ChatGPT.
What the States are accusing
The complaints claim that OpenAI has presented its assistant as a safe tool suitable for young people, while it would expose fragile users to risks: weakening critical thinking, reinforcing paranoid delusions, dangerous medical advice. They are based on several lawsuits brought by families who attribute a role to the chatbot in the deaths of loved ones, but also on the collection of data from minors and on age checks deemed insufficient. Recent hacking incidents carried out by "out of control" AIs are also cited as evidence of recklessness.
States are calling for civil penalties, an end to misleading claims about ChatGPT's safety, and, for some, the erasure of illegally collected personal data. OpenAI is highlighting its parental controls, break reminders, and protections specific to minors, and advocating for rules that apply to the entire industry rather than just one company.
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