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The Attorney General of Florida filed a state-level lawsuit against OpenAI for the first time in June this year. This time, a cross-party group composed of eight states in the United States coordinated the lawsuit in courts across the United States, symbolizing the largest domestic coordinated action against an AI company in the United States to date.
A cross-party group in the United States sued OpenAI on Wednesday, accusing ChatGPT of being harmful to young users. (Reuters photo)
[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] A cross-party group composed of eight states in the United States said on Wednesday (14th) that they have sued OpenAI in courts across the United States, accusing the AI company’s chatbot ChatGPT of causing harm to their residents, and claiming that the chatbot instigates users, including teenagers, to harm themselves or others.
"Reuters" reported that the attorneys general from Iowa, Kansas and Arizona filed separate lawsuits in state courts, claiming that ChatGPT was designed to attract users and win their trust. But this chatbot can reinforce delusions, encourage dangerous behavior, and help users plan violent incidents such as mass shootings.
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The lawsuits represent the largest coordinated domestic action against an AI company in the U.S. to date, and add to a series of legal challenges OpenAI faces as it prepares to go public. Florida's attorney general fired the first shot in June, filing the first state-level lawsuit of its kind.
The lawsuits accuse OpenAI of violating state consumer protection laws by misleading users about ChatGPT's safety, and states also accuse the company of endangering residents' health and constituting a public nuisance.
The lawsuit seeks a court order forcing OpenAI to change the way ChatGPT operates. In addition, states also want to ban the company from developing self-improving AI models unless the company can ensure that these models are "consistent with human values."
The states, which include Arkansas, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska and West Virginia, are also seeking civil fines and damages for OpenAI's violations of state laws.
A spokesperson for OpenAI did not respond to the report. The company also currently faces dozens of lawsuits accusing ChatGPT of helping users plan mass shootings or other violent events.
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