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Eight US States Sue OpenAI, Allege ChatGPT Endangers Children and Misleads Parents

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Eight US States Sue OpenAI, Allege ChatGPT Endangers Children and Misleads Parents

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OpenAI is facing a new wave of legal challenges after eight US states filed separate lawsuits accusing the artificial intelligence company of operating an unsafe product that exposes children to harmful content, provides dangerous advice, and misleads parents about the risks associated with its ChatGPT chatbot. The lawsuits, filed on Wednesday in state courts in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho and Montana, add to mounting regulatory and legal pressure on OpenAI over the safety of its conversational AI systems, particularly their effects on minors and vulnerable users. The cases challenge not only ChatGPT’s safeguards but also the company’s representations about the product’s safety.

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