ChatGPT creator denies sister's childhood rape claim

ChatGPT creator Sam Altman's sister, Ann Altman, has filed a suit alleging that helium regularly sexually abused her betwixt 1997 and 2006.

The lawsuit, which was filed connected 6 January successful a US District Court successful the Eastern District of Missouri, alleges that the maltreatment started erstwhile she was 3 and Mr Altman was 12.

Mr Altman, who is the main enforcement of OpenAI, the steadfast down artificial quality (AI) bundle ChatGPT, denied the claims in a associated connection connected X with his parent and 2 brothers.

"All of these claims are utterly untrue," the connection said. "Caring for a household subordinate who faces intelligence wellness challenges is incredibly difficult," it added.

Mr Altman said helium gives his sister monthly fiscal support, pays her bills and rent, and offered to bargain her a house, but that Annie "continues to request much wealth from us".

But Ms Altman claims helium "groomed and manipulated" her and performed enactment acts connected her implicit respective years, including "rape, intersexual assault, molestation, sodomy, and battery", according to a tribunal filing seen by the BBC.

Ms Altman said she sustained "great bodily injury", terrible affectional distress and depression.

She added that she had incurred galore aesculapian bills due to the fact that of aesculapian and intelligence wellness attraction for her injuries.

"Over the years, we've tried successful galore ways to enactment Annie and assistance her find stability," Mr Altman said, adding that helium had taken "professional advice" connected however to "be supportive" without "enabling harmful behaviours".

"This concern causes immense symptom to our full family," the connection added.

The suit added the past lawsuit of the alleged maltreatment took spot erstwhile Mr Altman was an big and she was inactive a minor.

Ms Altman has antecedently made akin allegations against her member connected societal media platforms specified arsenic X.

Billionaire Mr Altman, who joined his spouse Oliver Mulherin successful 2024, is 1 of the exertion world's astir high-profile figures.

In precocious 2022, OpenAI launched the ChatGPT generative AI chatbot. It has go wide utilized globally for uses arsenic divers arsenic learning however to flirt, compiling emails, recipes, and assisting students with their homework. It tin besides constitute machine codification to make websites successful a substance of minutes.

In 2024, Mr Altman returned arsenic OpenAI's brag just days aft helium was fired by the board, surviving an effort astatine a boardroom coup.

Additional reporting by Lily Jamali

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