… The lawsuit accuses OpenAI of looking the other way on safety concerns as it has sought to prioritize winning “the AI arms race and amass large fortunes.” “Today, we announced the first-in-the-nation state-led lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman,” said Florida Attorney General James Uthm… …
… The central question posed by Musk’s lawyers is whether the company’s commitment to safety had been left behind as its commercial power grew. …
… Earlier this year, the company settled several wrongful death lawsuits concerning underage users who died by suicide. …
… The Trusted Contact feature follows the safeguards the company introduced last September that gave parents the power to have some oversight of their teens’ accounts, including receiving safety notifications designed to alert the parent if OpenAI’s system believes their child is facing a “serious sa… …
… Both the NHTSA and the National Transportation Safety Board NTSB are looking into this problem. …
… It’s worth noting that this case is one of many lawsuits that Meta and other Big Tech companies are facing over child safety. …
… Waymo is currently being investigated by both NHTSA and the National Transportation Safety Board for illegal behavior around school buses , and for a January crash in which one of the Alphabet-owned company’s robotaxis struck a child . …
… Earlier this month, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman , claiming that OpenAI and Altman “ignored internal and external safety warnings, put children at great risk, and allowed a dangerous product to reach millions of Floridians.” Altman recently apologized t… …
… But this increased exposure means that Discord has to confront the same complex, online safety issues as larger platforms. The company is currently preparing to roll out age-verification measures as it faces more lawsuits over children’s online safety. …