Families of victims from a recent mass shooting have added a new lawsuit to a growing list of legal actions that accuse OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman of putting profit ahead of safety. The plaintiffs argue that the company’s rapid deployment of generative AI tools, including ChatGPT, contributed to the incident by enabling the perpetrator to plan and execute the attack. They claim that OpenAI failed to implement adequate safeguards and ignored warnings from researchers about the potential misuse of its technology. The case joins seven others that seek to hold the organization accountable for the alleged negligence that may have cost lives.
A new round of lawsuits builds onto seven cases, in which families of victims killed in the shooting accused OpenAI and Sam Altman of prioritizing profits over safety.
