California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings called the recent deaths allegedly linked to ChatGPT ‘unacceptable’ and said they have ‘rightly shaken’ the American public’s confidence in the company.
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings have sent a letter to OpenAI, expressing serious concerns about the risks the ChatGPT maker’s products pose to children and promising to subject the company’s for-profit pivot to review.
The attorneys general also said they intend to review OpenAI’s proposed pivot to becoming a commercial entity “to ensure the nonprofit beneficiaries’ interests are adequately protected » and that « the mission of the nonprofit remains paramount.” The letter comes just under a week after the parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming it played a role in their son’s suicide.
