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The cases seek to use consumer product safety laws to rein in chatbot companies.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the family of Tiru Chabba, a 45-year-old who was on campus while working for the food service vendor Aramark. The other victim has been identified as 57-year-old Robert Morales, who worked on the campus.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) said Thursday he is opening a probe into OpenAI and its chatbot. Uthmeier, in a video he posted online announcing the investigation, cited “concerns” over OpenAI data and technologies “falling into the hands” of the Chinese Communist Party and ChatGPT’s links to criminal behavior, including “child sexual abuse material, use by child predators and the encouragement by suicide and self-harm.”
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) said Thursday he is opening a probe into OpenAI and its chatbot. Uthmeier, in a video he posted online announcing the investigation, cited “concerns” over OpenAI data and technologies “falling into the hands” of the Chinese Communist Party and ChatGPT’s links to criminal behavior, including “child sexual abuse material, use by child predators and the encouragement by suicide and self-harm.” Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5824392-florida-investigates-openai-chatgpt/ #Florida #OpenAI #ChatGPT #China
The state’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, said ChatGPT “may likely have been used to assist” the suspect in last year’s shooting at Florida State University.
OpenAI has said it considered but didn’t alert police about the activities of the person who, months later, committed one of Canada's worst school shootings.
Jason Mattera, NEWSMAX’s crime correspondent, joined Monday’s “Wake Up America” and detailed a recent kidnapping connected to a predator using popular gaming platforms to groom them.