Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has on Monday sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for priotizing profits over safety of the product he says has caused alot of harm.
“The rise of OpenAI is attributable to a web of deceit and the exploitation of users (including Floridians), leveraging their data and safety to boost OpenAI’s market value at unacceptable costs,” read court documents filled on Monday.
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According to James, Sam Altman should single handedly be held responsible for his conduct as the CEO and utter disregard of the harm that it posses on human life. No criminal charges have not been filled though.
OpenAI has since been charged with two counts of negligence, four counts of deceptive and unfair trade practices, and one count each of fraudulent misrepresentation and causing a public nuisance.
OpenAI has however not commented on the allegation but has previously maintained that safety has been considered on it platform.
“We continue improving ChatGPT’s training to recognize and respond to signs of mental or emotional distress, de-escalate conversations, and guide people toward real-world support,” said the company
The news comes at a time when ChatGPT has been accused of being used to plan and execute Last year’s mass shooting at Florida State University, allegations that they denied.
“In this case, ChatGPT provided factual responses to questions with information that could be found broadly across public sources on the internet, and it did not encourage or promote illegal or harmful activity,” said OpenAI spokesperson Drew Pusateri.
