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00:02Florida became the first state to sue OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Monday,
00:07according to the Wall Street Journal.
00:09Attorney General James Uthmeyer filed an 83-page lawsuit
00:13alleging the company knowingly released an unsafe product.
00:16The suit claims ChatGPT aided mass shooters,
00:20encouraged users to take their own lives,
00:23degraded critical thinking skills,
00:25and addicted minors to a tool designed to simulate human compassion.
00:29Uthmeyer, who opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI in April
00:34after a ChatGPT user allegedly used the chatbot
00:37to plan a mass shooting at Florida State University
00:40that killed two people, said that probe will continue.
00:43OpenAI said it has implemented protections for minors,
00:47including an age prediction tool and parental monitoring features.
00:51Uthmeyer said he expects other states to file similar suits.
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