Florida seeks a ban on ChatGPT acting like a person

<figure> <img alt="Maroon OpenAI logo on yellow background" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/08/STK149_AI_01.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is calling for a judge to <a href="https://www.myfloridalegal.com/sites/default/files/plaintiffs_motion_for_temporary_injunction.pdf">block OpenAI</a> from "giving ChatGPT false human attributes," a few months after Florida sued the AI company <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/940978/florida-is-suing-openai-over-user-safety-concerns">over safety concerns</a>. According to Uthmeier, users are lulled into a false sense of security by the AI bot, as "ChatGPT's use of language, including first-person pronouns and output that mimics emotion, deceptively suggests to users that it is a trustworthy 'friend.'" All of this happens to increase engagement and contribute to OpenAI's training data, convincing users to rely on ChatGPT more even as its pursuit of engagement makes it potentially less trustworthy, claims Ut …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1001527/chatgpt-florida-ban-first-person-human-attributes-kids">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>