{"text":[[{"start":7.55,"text":"Florida has sued OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman over a “litany of harms” it alleges the company’s chatbots have inflicted on Americans, amid a growing rebellion against the rapid rollout of AI tools."}],[{"start":21.05,"text":"The lawsuit filed on Monday — the first of its kind by a US state — claims the California-based AI lab has released products that it knows are addictive and unsafe, especially for children."}],[{"start":32.95,"text":"“We’re gonna make them pay for hurting our kids,” Florida’s attorney-general James Uthmeier, who brought the case, said following the filing. “I hope and expect other states will follow.” "}],[{"start":43.900000000000006,"text":"Uthmeier added his office was also looking at alleged harms caused by other leading AI models and could bring further lawsuits."}],[{"start":51.400000000000006,"text":"The 83-page complaint filed in Florida’s state court on Monday alleged that because of the rollout of OpenAI’s chatbots, “mass shooters have been aided and abetted in deadly rampages, vulnerable people have been encouraged into suicide . . . and minors have become addicted to a tool that feigns human compassion to collect their data with no parental oversight”."}],[{"start":74.4,"text":"It added that defendants including Altman were “aware of ChatGPT’s potential to cause harm, including — according to them — the extinction of humanity, yet they chose to release their product anyway”. "}],[{"start":85.65,"text":"It also asked the court to ban OpenAI from collecting data from children under the age of 13 without parental consent, alongside other measures."}],[{"start":94.55000000000001,"text":"The filing comes as Republican lawmakers in Washington and across the country push for tougher rules and restrictions on AI tools, in defiance of Donald Trump’s administration."}],[{"start":105.60000000000001,"text":"Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis, a potential candidate for the Republican nomination in 2028, this year condemned the “very harmful” effects of AI, while also criticising the Trump administration’s attempts to “kneecap the states and let Big Tech write the rules”. "}],[{"start":121.10000000000001,"text":"He proposed a wide-reaching AI bill that would force companies to implement consumer and child protection measures, but the legislation, which was opposed by the White House, failed to pass."}],[{"start":132.35000000000002,"text":"Uthmeier opened a separate criminal probe into OpenAI in April over whether its chatbot helped facilitate a deadly mass shooting at Florida State University last year, among other matters. The company has denied its products played a part in the shooting."}],[{"start":147.40000000000003,"text":"Monday’s civil lawsuit “creates credibility” and allows for greater resources to be devoted to probes of OpenAI, said Ryan Kennedy of the Florida Citizens Alliance, which campaigns for greater AI safeguards."}],[{"start":160.25000000000003,"text":"In a statement on Monday, OpenAI said it had “put in place industry leading protections and policies” and “built safety for minors directly into [its] products”."}],[{"start":170.35000000000002,"text":"The company is facing other lawsuits from people who say they were harmed by its chatbots, including families of victims of a mass shooting in British Columbia, Canada, who claim it should have alerted authorities to the shooter’s troubling communications."}],[{"start":183.40000000000003,"text":"Altman wrote a personal apology to members of that community in April."}],[{"start":187.45000000000005,"text":"Additional reporting by George Hammond in San Francisco"}],[{"start":198.50000000000006,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1780378601_7984.mp3"}