OpenAI faces investigation from state attorneys general
A coalition of state attorneys general has opened an investigation into OpenAI, and the company was served with a subpoena from New York's attorney general on Friday, according to The Wall Street Journal. The subpoena sought documents on a broad range of topics, including advertising, user engagement and retention, model sycophancy, handling of consumer and health data, and treatment of minors and seniors. OpenAI said it takes the concerns seriously and intends to engage constructively, while the investigation adds to a stack of legal and regulatory pressure on the company.
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- It's not clear which states are involved, but they're asking about everything from OpenAI's ad policies to its handling of health data.
A coalition of state attorneys general has opened an investigation into OpenAI.
- "We take the concerns raised by state attorneys general seriously and intend to engage constructively with their offices."
The spokesperson also said, "Today's ChatGPT includes a more protective experience for minors and people experiencing difficult situations, with safeguards that direct them to real-world resources and trusted human contacts.
- OpenAI recently defeated its co-founder Elon Musk in a high-profile trial, after Musk accused the company of violating its founding agreement.
- Altman recently apologized to the community of Tumbler Ridge, Canada after a mass shooting; he acknowledged that OpenAI failed to alert law enforcement after the company flagged and banned the suspected shooter's ChatGPT account.
The company announced this week that it has filed confidentially to go public .
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It's not clear which states are involved, but they're asking about everything from OpenAI's ad policies to its handling of health data. A coalition of state attorneys general has opened an investigation into OpenAI. The company was served with a subpoena from New York's attorney general on Friday , according to The Wall Street Journal.
That subpoena sought documents related to a broad range of topics including the company's advertising, user engagement and retention, model sycophancy, handling of consumer data and health data, and treatment of minors and seniors. "AI is a new and powerful technology, and we work every day to safely bring its benefits to people in a responsible way," an OpenAI spokesperson said in a statement. "We take the concerns raised by state attorneys general seriously and intend to engage constructively with their offices."
The spokesperson also said, "Today's ChatGPT includes a more protective experience for minors and people experiencing difficult situations, with safeguards that direct them to real-world resources and trusted human contacts. We believe kids should be treated like kids, which is why we built age prediction, released parental tools to guide their children's use of AI, and disallowed advertising that targets kids." The company did not specify which states are involved in the investigation or share more details about what information was requested.
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