June 1 (UPI) -- Florida's attorney general announced Monday that the stateis suing OpenAI and its founder and CEO, Sam Altman, saying the company chose "profits over public safety" in creating a dangerous product in the form of ChatGPT. It is the first state to sue the company over these design and safety concerns.

Florida seeks to hold Sam Altman personally liable, accusing OpenAI of marketing ChatGPT as safe while concealing that it could drive users toward harm.