'Putting profits over safety': Florida A-G sues OpenAI over 'harm caused to Floridians' - report

Florida's Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, accusing the artificial intelligence company of "putting profit over safety." The suit alleges that OpenAI exploited its users' data and compromised their safety to increase its market value.

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The rise of OpenAI is attributable to a web of deceit and the exploitation of users (including Floridians), leveraging their data and safety to boost OpenAI’s market value at unacceptable costs.

The complaint, obtained by NBC News, states that OpenAI's rise is "attributable to a web of deceit and the exploitation of users (including Floridians), leveraging their data and safety to boost OpenAI’s market value at unacceptable costs." Attorney General Ashley Moody seeks to hold Altman personally liable for alleged harm caused to Floridians through his "reckless and willful conduct" and "utter disregard for the risk to human life."

The lawsuit outlines accusations of deceptive and unfair trade practices, negligence, violating product liability laws, fraudulent misrepresentation, and causing a public nuisance. It claims that OpenAI's systems present a "great danger of addiction, cognitive decline, suicide, violence, and related harms" to users.

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I seek to hold Altman personally liable for the harm he has caused Floridians through his reckless and willful conduct as founder and CEO of OpenAI, including his utter disregard for the risk to human life caused by his firm’s conduct.

Furthermore, the suit references two cases where ChatGPT was allegedly used in the planning of violent attacks. These include the 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University and a terror attack in Israel in March 2025, where a teenager reportedly consulted ChatGPT before attacking a border officer.

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Last year’s mass shooting at Florida State University was a tragedy, but ChatGPT is not responsible for this terrible crime.