Eight US states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT safety

eight us states, including iowa, kansas, nebraska, west virginia, arkansas, arizona, idaho, and montana, have filed separate lawsuits against openai, accusing the company of harming children and misleading customers about the safety of chatgpt. the lawsuits claim openai prioritized profits over safety, failed to warn customers about chatgpt's dangers, and collected data from minors without proper safeguards. the states cite cases where chatgpt allegedly contributed to the deaths of teens and adults, and accuse openai of promoting unhealthy behaviors and relationships. arizona's lawsuit claims openai has 'devolved from its original mission as a public-first nonprofit that prioritized safety into a cautionary tale about what can happen when the development of a tool as powerful as ai is driven not by safety, but by a profit-at-all-costs mindset that sidelines essential safeguards.' the states are seeking civil penalties, deletion of unlawfully collected personal data, and an end to openai's allegedly misleading public statements about chatgpt's safety.