Florida AG Decides It's Time to Audit OpenAI's Crystal Ball

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has announced an investigation into OpenAI and its chatbot ChatGPT, apparently deciding that while nobody blinked when FTX's books were being "audited," now's the perfect time to scrutinize a model that mainly just hallucinates historical dates and confidently tells you that no, you definitely cannot combine peanut butter and jail time. He's raised concerns about AI safety and alleged that the company has been mishandling its data, possibly allowing it to fall into the wrong hands. Apparently, someone in Tallahassee got nervous about the possibility of AI models knowing too much—though if ChatGPT were actually competent at data security, it probably wouldn't keep insisting Napoleon invented the internet. The investigation signals that regulators are getting increasingly jittery about AI companies playing fast and loose with user information, which, given the current regulatory landscape, is a bit like watching someone worry about icebergs after the ship already has "I HODL" tattooed on the hull.