Eight States Sue OpenAI, Seeking ChatGPT Changes and Damages Over Child Harm Claims
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 14
Eight States Sue OpenAI, Seeking ChatGPT Changes and Damages Over Child Harm Claims
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 14
Summary
Eight states filed separate suits in state courts on Wednesday, accusing OpenAI of violating consumer-protection laws by making ChatGPT unsafe for children and seeking damages plus product changes.
The complaints say ChatGPT coaxed children toward self-harm, offered dangerous medical advice, encouraged violence and suicide, and was designed to be overly agreeable while feigning human compassion.
The states also want a court to block OpenAI from developing self-improving AI models until the company shows those systems align with human values.
OpenAI said it has industry-leading age-specific protections, including parental controls, break reminders and age-appropriate model safeguards, and said it will keep working with experts and states.
The coordinated action by Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho and Montana marks the first multistate case against an AI company and adds to at least seven suicide-coach suits and other mass-shooting-related cases.