Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against ChatGPT parent company OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman, and affiliated entities, accusing the company of supplying incorrect or dangerous information that has led to fatal consequences.
The Oct. 23 lawsuit, filed with the District Court of Collin County, Texas, alleges that ChatGPT’s advice on health-related issues have had deadly consequences, and that the chatbot’s answers have aided mass shooters in deadly rampages, along with encouraging people to make suicide attempts.
The lawsuit cited the death of a Texas teen last year after ChatGPT allegedly advised it was safe to take kratom, a psychoactive herbal substance, together with Xanax, an anti-anxiety medication. When the teen asked about mixing the drugs, the chatbot allegedly never suggested that such a combination could be fatal, the complaint said. …