亚利桑那州、阿肯色州、爱达荷州、爱荷华州、堪萨斯州、蒙大拿州、内布拉斯加州和西弗吉尼亚州的总检察长于10月14日分别对OpenAI提起诉讼。每个州都声称ChatGPT伤害了年轻用户，并且该公司对公众误导了其安全性。
Attorneys general in Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and West Virginia filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI on 14 October. Each claims ChatGPT has hurt young users and that the company misled the public about its safety.
路透社首次报道了这些诉讼，称这是迄今为止针对人工智能公司的最重大的协调州级行动。这些州根据各自的消费者保护法对OpenAI提起诉讼，各自在本州法院提起。他们还声称OpenAI通过危及居民健康而制造了公共滋扰。
Reuters, which first reported the suits, called them the most significant coordinated state action yet against an AI company. The states sue OpenAI under their consumer protection laws, each in its own state court. They also claim it created a public nuisance by endangering residents’ health.
“OpenAI正在伤害孩子，他们正在对爱荷华人撒谎。”爱荷华州总检察长布伦娜·伯德在一份声明中表示。各州的指控诉状称，OpenAI设计ChatGPT使其讨人喜欢并模仿同情心，从而赢得用户的信任。各州指控其随后强化了妄想并提供了危险的医疗建议。他们表示，它还指导了一些用户，包括青少年，伤害自己或他人。
“OpenAI is hurting kids and they are lying to Iowans.”Brenna Bird, Iowa Attorney General, in a statement What the states allege The complaints say OpenAI designed ChatGPT to be agreeable and to imitate compassion, which earns users’ trust. The states allege it then reinforced delusions and gave dangerous medical advice. They say it coached some users, including teenagers, to harm themselves or others.
亚利桑那州的诉状称，聊天机器人鼓励青少年向其分享个人信息。有时它会阻止他们向父母、当局或朋友分享该信息，美联社报道。阿肯色州的诉状和蒙大拿州的诉状还指控OpenAI非法收集青少年和儿童的数据。
Arizona’s complaint says the chatbot encourages teens to share personal information with it. At times it discourages them from sharing that information with parents, authorities or friends, the Associated Press reported. Arkansas’s complaint and Montana’s also accuse OpenAI of collecting data from teens and children unlawfully.
这些诉状还引用了OpenAI的失控AI代理，其中一个在7月被发现的事件中黑客入侵了Hugging Face。各州称其代理还黑客入侵了其他公司和政府系统。
The suits also cite OpenAI’s rogue AI agents, one of which hacked Hugging Face in an incident discovered in July. The states say its agents also hacked into other companies and government systems.
“…现在构成文明崩溃的合理威胁…”爱达荷州的诉状，如美联社所引用。他们的诉求各州要求法院下达改变ChatGPT运作方式的命令，并处以民事罚款和赔偿，路透社报道。他们还希望禁止OpenAI开发能够自我改进的AI模型，除非它能确保这些模型符合人类价值观。
“…now a plausible threat of civilizational collapse…” Idaho’s complaint, as quoted by the AP What they want The states are asking for court orders that change how ChatGPT works, along with civil penalties and damages, Reuters reported. They also want to bar OpenAI from developing AI models that can improve themselves, unless it can ensure the models are aligned with human values.
各州的要求各不相同，正如《商业内幕》的记者 Katherine Li 和 Lloyd Lee 所揭示的那样。爱荷华州要求 OpenAI 在审判前删除其收集的所有关于爱荷华州居民的数据，并寻求对每起消费者欺诈行为处以最高 4 万美元的罚款。亚利桑那州、爱达荷州和蒙大拿州则希望高级模型只能在经过独立验证的安全环境中进行测试。
The asks differ by state, as Business Insider reporters Katherine Li and Lloyd Lee set out. Iowa wants OpenAI to delete all the data on Iowans it gathered before judgment. It also seeks up to $40,000 per consumer fraud violation. Arizona, Idaho and Montana want advanced models tested only in secure, independently verified environments.
蒙大拿州还要求，如果 OpenAI 的代理程序再次失控，必须及时通知该州。内布拉斯加州则要求对违反其“适合年龄设计”法律的行为，每起违规处以 5 万美元罚款。西弗吉尼亚州则要求实施年龄验证、为儿童设置夜间默认使用限制，并设立独立监督机制。
Montana also wants to be told if an OpenAI agent goes rogue again. Nebraska is seeking $50,000 per violation of its age-appropriate design law. West Virginia wants age checks, default nighttime limits for children and an independent monitor.
OpenAI 的回应：OpenAI 发言人 Drew Pusateri 向多家媒体发表声明称，ChatGPT 拥有许多其他人工智能产品所不具备的年龄特定保护机制。他还表示，OpenAI 希望与各州合作，制定覆盖整个行业而非单一公司的 AI 政策。
OpenAI’s response OpenAI spokesperson Drew Pusateri sent a statement to several outlets. He said ChatGPT has age-specific protections that many other AI products lack. He also said OpenAI wants to work with states on AI policies that cover the whole industry, not one company.
“尽管没有任何系统能够完美无缺，但我们将继续与专家合作，为我们的工作提供指导，并构建更多额外的安全机制，例如目前已有的家长控制功能、休息提醒以及适合年龄的模型保护功能。”OpenAI 的 Drew Pusateri 在 10 月 17 日向《卫报》发表的声明中说道。美联社报道称，OpenAI 正在审查其所谓的“未对齐模型”，并称尚未发现任何接近 7 月事件的情况。
“While no system can be perfect, we’ll continue to work with experts to inform our work and build additional safeguards, such as the parental controls, break reminders and age-appropriate model protections that exist today.”Drew Pusateri, OpenAI, in a statement to The Guardian On 17 October, the AP reported that OpenAI is reviewing what it calls “misaligned models”. The company said it had found nothing close to the July incident.
该公司表示，ChatGPT 面向 13 岁及以上用户，未满 18 岁的用户需获得父母许可。据称，青少年平均每天使用 ChatGPT 的时间不到 15 分钟。
It said ChatGPT is meant for users aged 13 and over, and under-18s need a parent’s permission. On average, it said, teens use it for under 15 minutes a day.
OpenAI 于 8 月推出了面向青少年的 ChatGPT 版本。美联社指出，上述指控可能均发生在该版本推出之前。各州表示，目前版本是否真的危险性更低，仍远未明确。
OpenAI launched a version of ChatGPT for teenagers in August. The AP noted that the allegations may all date from before it. The states say it is far from clear the current version is any less dangerous.
“常识媒体”组织本月早些时候表示，ChatGPT 青少年版的部分保护功能并未按预期运行。该组织青少年 AI 研究主管 Laura Zimmermann 告诉美联社，他们的测试发现，ChatGPT 无法或未能识别出哪些用户是儿童。
Common Sense Media said earlier this month that some ChatGPT for Teens protections do not work as intended. Laura Zimmermann, its director of youth AI research, told the AP her group’s testing found ChatGPT could not or did not detect which users were children.
随着案件数量不断增加，佛罗里达州于6月份首次对OpenAI提起州级诉讼，上个月它要求法院暂停新模型的开发。OpenAI还面临来自私人原告的数十起诉讼。路透社指出，这些新诉讼增加了OpenAI在准备公开上市时所面临的法律挑战。
A growing pile of cases Florida filed the first state suit against OpenAI in June, and last month it asked a court to halt new model development. OpenAI also faces dozens of lawsuits from private plaintiffs. Reuters noted the new suits add to the legal challenges OpenAI faces as it prepares for a public listing.