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The Texas Attorney General sues OpenAI and Sam Altman, saying ChatGPT was sold as safe and reliable but harmed users
On 23 October Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit against OpenAI Global, its affiliates and CEO Sam Altman. The release says OpenAI marketed ChatGPT as a safe and reliable tool but failed to protect Texans, including children, from harms such as inaccurate answers, lost critical thinking skills and minors becoming dependent on a chatbot. The claims are under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Act.
- If children in your home or staff use ChatGPT, agree simple rules: no personal or client details, and check any fact or figure it gives you before you act on it.
- If you use ChatGPT for customer-facing work, keep a person in the loop for anything that affects money, health or a legal decision.
Source: Texas Attorney General. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools. Image: Texas Attorney General, from its own announcement. How we source and credit
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