Florida's attorney general filed a lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, accuses him of putting profits over safety for ChatGPT product.

Florida sued OpenAI and ⁠its ⁠CEO Sam Altman on Monday, ⁠accusing the company of misrepresenting the safety of its ChatGPT platform, which ​the lawsuit said has harmed children by providing information to school shooters,

Florida Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit on Monday against OpenAI and its chairman Sam Altman, alleging that the AI startup’s ChatGPT is unsafe and that the company misled the public about associated risks.

The state’s civil case adds to the scrutiny the ChatGPT maker is facing over the answers its chatbot generates.

Florida has become the first US state to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT 's safety and design, adding to a massive wave of existing lawsuits against the company. According to the lawsuit (PDF) filed on Monday by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier,

On its parental resource page, OpenAI says ChatGPT is built with safety in mind. "Not so," according to a lawsuit filed by Florida State Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday. The phrase was accompanied by a screenshot of an OpenAI post about safety and transparency at the start of the complaint.

Florida AG files lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming ChatGPT chatbots are unsafe and the company ignored potential harms to users.

It made multiple allegations against OpenAI including deceptive and unfair trade practices, negligence, violating product liability laws, fraudulent misrepresentation and causing