Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidents
Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind lawsuit over violent incidents
佛罗里达州起诉 OpenAI 及萨姆·奥特曼，系首例针对暴力事件的同类诉讼
OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, were sued by the Florida attorney general on Monday, in a first-of-its-kind state litigation effort over ChatGPT’s alleged links to a number of violent incidents. 周一，佛罗里达州总检察长对 OpenAI 及其首席执行官萨姆·奥特曼（Sam Altman）提起诉讼。这是全美首例由州政府发起的诉讼，旨在追究 ChatGPT 与多起暴力事件之间所谓的关联。
The lawsuit accuses OpenAI of looking the other way on safety concerns as it has sought to prioritize winning “the AI arms race and amass large fortunes.” 该诉讼指控 OpenAI 在追求赢得“人工智能军备竞赛并积累巨额财富”的过程中，对安全隐患视而不见。
“Today, we announced the first-in-the-nation state-led lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman,” said Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. “OpenAI and Altman ignored internal and external safety warnings, put children at great risk, and allowed a dangerous product to reach millions of佛罗里达州总检察长詹姆斯·乌特迈尔（James Uthmeier）表示：“今天，我们宣布了全美首例由州政府牵头针对 OpenAI 及其首席执行官萨姆·奥特曼的诉讼。OpenAI 和奥特曼无视内部和外部的安全警告，将儿童置于巨大风险之中，并允许一款危险产品触及数百万佛罗里达州民众。”
“Because of Defendants’ misrepresentations about ChatGPT and their careless introduction of ChatGPT to Florida and the world, mass shooters have been aided and abetted in deadly rampages, vulnerable people have been encouraged into suicide, professionals have suffered public humiliation, users have lost critical thinking skills, and minors have become addicted to a tool that feigns human compassion to collect their data with no parental oversight,” the 83-page lawsuit claims. 这份长达 83 页的诉讼书称：“由于被告对 ChatGPT 的虚假陈述，以及他们将 ChatGPT 鲁莽地引入佛罗里达州乃至全世界，大规模枪击事件的凶手在致命暴行中得到了协助和教唆，脆弱群体被诱导自杀，专业人士遭受公开羞辱，用户丧失了批判性思维能力，未成年人则沉迷于一种伪装人类同情心以在缺乏家长监管的情况下收集其数据的工具。”
The Florida attorney general’s office launched a criminal investigation into the company in April. That probe sought to determine what role ChatGPT may have played in a mass shooting that took place last year at Florida State University. Prior to the attack, the shooter is alleged to have consulted the chatbot. 佛罗里达州总检察长办公室于今年 4 月对该公司展开了刑事调查。该调查旨在确定 ChatGPT 在去年佛罗里达州立大学发生的大规模枪击事件中可能扮演的角色。据称，枪手在袭击前曾咨询过该聊天机器人。
OpenAI has also been sued in a civil suit by the family of one of the victims of that shooting. OpenAI has previously denied responsibility for the Florida shooting. “Last year’s mass shooting at Florida State University was a tragedy, but ChatGPT is not responsible for this terrible crime,” an OpenAI spokesperson previously told NBC News. TechCrunch reached out to OpenAI for comment. OpenAI 还面临该枪击案其中一名受害者家属提起的民事诉讼。OpenAI 此前已否认对佛罗里达州的枪击事件负有责任。一位 OpenAI 发言人此前曾告诉美国全国广播公司（NBC News）：“去年佛罗里达州立大学的大规模枪击事件是一场悲剧，但 ChatGPT 不应对这一可怕的罪行负责。”TechCrunch 已联系 OpenAI 请求置评。
OpenAI just concluded a different legal case involving former co-founder Elon Musk, who sued the company in 2024, accusing it of having betrayed its original mission to help humanity by converting the organization into a for-profit business. The case concluded after the jury swiftly decided that Musk had waited too long to file the case and that the statute of limitations had passed. OpenAI 刚刚结束了另一桩涉及前联合创始人埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）的法律案件。马斯克于 2024 年起诉该公司，指控其将组织转变为营利性企业，背叛了造福人类的初衷。在陪审团迅速裁定马斯克提起诉讼的时间过晚、已过诉讼时效后，该案宣告终结。
This is only the latest legal case that has attempted to link ChatGPT to violent deaths. Last year, OpenAI was sued by the parents of Adam Raine, a California teen who took his own life after discussing suicide with the chatbot. In that case, ChatGPT allegedly offered “technical specifications” for various suicide methods, despite also referring him to mental health resources. Other lawsuits — including ones alleging the chatbot’s culpability in suicides, stalking, and murder — are ongoing. 这只是试图将 ChatGPT 与暴力死亡事件联系起来的最新法律案件。去年，加州少年亚当·雷恩（Adam Raine）在与聊天机器人讨论自杀后结束了自己的生命，其父母起诉了 OpenAI。在该案中，据称 ChatGPT 尽管也向他提供了心理健康资源，但还是提供了各种自杀方法的“技术规格”。其他诉讼——包括指控该聊天机器人对自杀、跟踪和谋杀负有责任的案件——目前仍在进行中。