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Florida sues OpenAI, names Altman personally over ChatGPT safety
Florida has become the first US state to sue OpenAI, naming CEO Sam Altman personally and treating ChatGPT as a defective product under product liability law. The lawsuit cites the FSU mass shooting, children’s safety failures, and deceptive trade practices, arriving weeks before OpenAI’s planned IPO.
TL;DR
- Florida is the first US state to sue OpenAI.
- CEO Sam Altman is named personally in the lawsuit.
- ChatGPT is being treated as a defective product under product liability law.
- The lawsuit references the FSU mass shooting and child safety failures.
- Deceptive trade practices are also cited as grounds for the suit.
- The lawsuit is filed weeks before OpenAI's planned IPO.