A coalition of US state attorneys general has launched a sweeping investigation into OpenAI. According to a Wall Street Journal report, OpenAI was served on June 12 with a broad subpoena spearheaded by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The subpoena seeks documents related to a wide range of the company’s activities and their potential impact on users, including OpenAI’s advertising practices, user engagement and retention strategies, handling of consumer and health data, activities involving minors and seniors, use of deep learning models, model sycophancy, and internal company policies.
In a statement following the subpoena, an OpenAI spokesperson said, “AI is a new and powerful technology, and we work every day to safely bring its benefits to people in a responsible way. We take the concerns raised by state attorneys general seriously and intend to engage constructively with their offices.”
