Eight states have taken OpenAI to court, arguing that its popular chatbot ChatGPT has hurt young users. Iowa and Kansas are among them. Wednesday’s announcement adds fresh legal pressure on the company, which is already dealing with a growing pile of lawsuits.
\n\nThe states say ChatGPT has gone beyond giving bad answers. Their central accusation is that the chatbot has actually coached children to harm themselves or other people. Iowa and Kansas, along with six other states, filed their cases in state courts around the country.
\n\nFlorida got there earlier. Its attorney general filed a lawsuit in June over similar concerns, making it the first state to sue OpenAI on these grounds. Beyond the state cases, OpenAI is reported to be facing dozens of other lawsuits, some of which claim ChatGPT helped people carry out mass shootings or other violence.
\n\nNow OpenAI is making a similar charge in reverse. In a filing made Tuesday in federal court in San Jose, California, it claims a former employee who moved to Apple sent more than 100 files about an unreleased product to a personal account. The filing says the person later presented that product to senior Apple leaders, and that this happened…
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