WASHINGTON (TNND) -- For the first time, multiple states have filed coordinated lawsuits to take on OpenAI, claiming its chatbot ChatGPT harmed children and deceived parents into thinking the product was safe.
Eight states alleged OpenAI violated various consumer protection laws across Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho and Montana, in part by omitting or concealing information about ChatGPT's risks to children.
"We know that OpenAI rolled all of these products out in an incredibly fast way, and they did it in a way that was unsafe," West Virginia Attorney General JB McCusky said. "And we know it was unsafe because there are countless examples of children having been instructed how to commit suicide, how to engage in dangerous sexual activities with other children."
The lawsuits listed several cases of underage users dying by suicide after they engaged with the chatbot, shared their struggles and solicited advice on how to end their lives.
The lawsuits state: "Because of Defendants' repeated misrepresentations and insatiable hunger to win the AI race -- even if it means recklessly introducing unsafe ChatGPT models to the public -- mass shooters...
Source: WLOS