Florida AG files to block ChatGPT development and place restrictions on OpenAI

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed Monday for a temporary injunction against OpenAI and Chat GPT, upping his legal challenge against the artificial intelligence company that he says has admitted it can’t regulate its own technology.

The 39-page motion asks the court to temporarily prohibit OpenAI from developing new artificial intelligence models without independent third-party safeguards and approval.

“Defendants admit that they provide a service without fully knowing how it works,” reads the lawsuit filed by the Office of the Attorney General in the Tenth Judicial Circuit in Highlands County.

That was a reference to recent comments made by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other tech leaders that artificial intelligence development is advancing so fast countries need to work together on safety.

“Defendants claim they cannot stop barreling forward with their potentially civilization-ending endeavors unless they are forced to do so by the government,” the suit says. “They have asked the government to tie them to the mast. [Emphasis in the original.]

“Plaintiff brings good news to the Defendants: The Florida Attorney General is answering your cry for help with a motion to enjoin you from harming Floridians with your reckless, unacceptably risky product.”