Altman Asks Lawmakers If ChatGPT Users Can Sue Him
Lawmakers and experts speaking during the hearing may have agreed on some of the societal harms posed by AI but there was far less agreement on what affected users could currently do to hold OpenAI or other AI companies accountable for harms. Lawmakers and experts disagreed, for example, over whether or not chatbots should receive the same immunity projections as social media companies under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. When asked directly by Hawley what recourse users had, Altman seemed perplexed.
“Can’t people sue us?” Altman asked. The answer to that seemingly simple question remains concerningly unclear. “I don’t know yet, exactly what the right answer here is.”
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