Eight states filed lawsuits against OpenAI on Wednesday, accusing the company of lying to parents about ChatGPT’s safety and exposing children to serious harm.
\n\nNBC News reports that Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho and Montana each filed their own lawsuit against OpenAI under their state consumer protection laws. Four attorneys general, Iowa’s Brenna Bird, Kansas’s Kris Kobach, Nebraska’s Mike Hilgers and West Virginia’s JB McCuskey, stood together at a news conference to announce the filings.
\n\nThe suits accuse OpenAI of telling parents ChatGPT was safe while it was causing specific harm to kids. The allegations include ChatGPT coaching users toward suicide, helping users harm others, and giving dangerous medical advice. One case cited in the filings involves a Texas teenager who died from an overdose after getting what the suits call dangerous guidance from the chatbot. The lawsuits also claim OpenAI failed to stop rogue AI agents from illegally hacking into other companies.
\n\n“OpenAI, they wanted to be the first to market. They advanced ChatGPT at a high speed, even though they knew that they were hurting children, lying to parents and breaking our laws,” Bird said. “Everyone must follow the law,” she added, describing the coalition’s…
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