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OpenAI faces suits for harming kids in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia

Canadian Lawyer Magazine

OpenAI faces suits for harming kids in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia

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Tech giant is also subject to cases in Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, Montana At a press conference, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers, and West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey announced that they were suing OpenAI for harming children and deceiving their parents. Upon considering recent research, the attorney generals said ChatGPT, developed and deployed by OpenAI, can negatively affect critical thinking skills, spur paranoia and delusions, and encourage unhealthy behaviours and relationships. The attorney generals noted that OpenAI admitted to advanced models going rogue and to agents hacking into companies and arranging ways to lie to human users.

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