Florida asks a judge to block ChatGPT from acting like a person

Florida seeks a ban on ChatGPT acting like a person

Florida AG James Uthmeier wants a judge to stop OpenAI from giving ChatGPT “false human attributes.” He argues first-person pronouns and emotion-like output trick users into treating the bot as a trustworthy friend, boosting engagement and training data. The post doesn’t spell out the injunction’s scope or court timeline.

Why it matters: Florida's AG is asking a court to ban ChatGPT from using first-person voice and simulated emotion, arguing it builds false trust, drives engagement, and ultimately feeds OpenAI more training data. The regulatory logic is novel — it targets product interaction design, not the u...