'Today, we announced the first-in-the-nation state-led lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman,' said Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. 'OpenAI and Altman ignored internal and external safety warnings, put children at great risk, and allowed a dangerous product to reach millions of Floridians.' 'Because of Defendants' misrepresentations about ChatGPT and their careless introduction of ChatGPT to Florida and the world, mass shooters have been aided and abetted in deadly rampages, vulnerable people have been encouraged into suicide, professionals have suffered public humiliation, users have lost critical thinking skills, and minors have become addicted to a tool that feigns human compassion to collect their data with no parental oversight,' the 83-page lawsuit claims. The Florida attorney general's office launched a criminal investigation into the company in April. That probe sought to determine what role ChatGPT may have played in a mass shooting that took place last...
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