prepares for an IPO<\/a> that could value it at up to $1 trillion.<\/p>\nIn a video posted to X, Uthmeier said there were concerns about whether OpenAI’s data and AI technologies could fall “into the hands of America’s enemies, such as the Chinese Communist Party.”<\/p>\n
Subpoenas to the company will be issued shortly.<\/p>\n
Uthmeier also said ChatGPT, which has over 900 million weekly active users, had been linked to criminal behavior, including child sex abuse and the encouragement of suicide and self-harm.<\/p>\n
“We’ve also learned that ChatGPT may likely have been used to assist the murderer in the recent mass school shooting at Florida State University” that killed two, he added.<\/p>\n
OpenAI did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.<\/p>\n
While acknowledging AI as a “monumental leap” in technology, Uthmeier said it should supplement, support and advance mankind, not “lead to an existential crisis or our ultimate demise.”<\/p>\n
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings sent a letter to OpenAI in September 2025 expressing deep concern over increased reports of how OpenAI’s products interact with children.<\/p>\n
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