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Eight US states sued OpenAI, alleging the ChatGPT maker is harming children en masse. Photograph: izusek/Getty Images
Eight US states sued OpenAI, alleging the ChatGPT maker is harming children en masse. Photograph: izusek/Getty Images

Eight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit

US states sue ChatGPT maker and seek to force the company to change how its products work for young users

Eight US states sued OpenAI Wednesday, alleging the ChatGPT maker is harming children en masse. Kansas, Arizona, Montana and five others alleged the company’s products coaxed children into harming themselves.

The states seek to force the company to change how its products work for young users and give up profits from their activity.

Florida’s attorney general filed a similar lawsuit in June and has launched a criminal inquiry into OpenAI over ChatGPT’s alleged role in the planning of a shooting.

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