Husband sues OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT helped his wife plan to poison him
TLDR
A husband has filed nine claims against OpenAI and Sam Altman, saying ChatGPT helped his wife plan to poison him, based on chat logs police obtained by warrant.
Optimixed Overview
Optimixed's original report on this story.
PPC Land reports that nine claims target OpenAI and Sam Altman, built on chat logs police obtained by warrant. The article also notes that a California law in force since January bars an AI-autonomy defense.
How we got here: earlier coverage
- Nov 6OpenAI Is Developing a Webmaster Tools-Style Tool for Businesses to Manage Their ChatGPT Presence
OpenAI is reportedly developing a Search Console or Webmaster Tools-like tool that would let businesses claim, manage, and track their presence on ChatGPT.
- Nov 1Google's Search Dominance Faces Pressure as Users Shift to AI Chatbots
Google may be losing its hold on discovery as more users turn to AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude for answers, a shift that could hurt the company's bottom line.
- Sep 10OpenAI restricts competing AI tools from advertising image and audio generators in ChatGPT
OpenAI is blocking ads for rival image and audio generation tools from running inside ChatGPT while expanding its own competing capabilities.
- Aug 15OpenAI Claims Robots.txt May Not Stop ChatGPT's Web-Crawling Bot
SEOFOMO News reports that OpenAI's documentation suggests ChatGPT's Fetch Bot may not be bound by robots.txt restrictions, despite evidence of it accessing blocked sites.