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Ann Altman, the youthful sister of OpenAI’s chief govt and founder, Sam Altman, filed a lawsuit in a Missouri federal courtroom on Monday accusing him of sexually abusing her when she was a minor.
The swimsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, mentioned that the abuse occurred within the Altmans’ household residence exterior St. Louis from 1997 to 2006 and began when Ms. Altman was 3 years outdated.
The lawsuit mentioned Ms. Altman had sustained bodily damage and had “skilled PTSD, extreme emotional misery, psychological anguish and despair, which is anticipated to proceed into the long run,” on account of the abuse.
Ms. Altman has lengthy made comparable sexual assault claims in opposition to her brother on social media companies like X. She is represented by an Illinois-based legislation agency that focuses on sexual assault and harassment instances.
In a press release posted to X on Tuesday, Mr. Altman, alongside along with his mom and two youthful brothers, denied the claims. “Annie has made deeply hurtful and completely unfaithful claims about our household, and particularly Sam,” the assertion mentioned. “This scenario causes immense ache to our whole household.”
The assertion mentioned that Ms. Altman had “psychological well being challenges” and “refuses typical therapy and lashes out at relations who’re genuinely attempting to assist.”
Ms. Altman and Mr. Altman didn’t reply to requests for remark.
Since OpenAI launched the web chatbot ChatGPT in late 2022, Mr. Altman has gained widespread fame because the face of the worldwide artificial-intelligence growth set off by the chatbot, which might reply questions, write poetry and even generate laptop packages. In October, OpenAI accomplished a brand new funding deal that valued the corporate at $157 billion.
(The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of copyright infringement of stories content material associated to A.I. programs. OpenAI and Microsoft have denied these claims.)
Ms. Altman’s lawsuit requests a jury trial and damages in extra of $75,000. Ms. Altman’s lawyer, Ryan Mahoney, mentioned in an interview with The Times that the quantity was the minimal required for a federal swimsuit of this type. He mentioned that if the swimsuit proceeded to a jury trial, he and his shopper would search “an quantity that absolutely compensates my shopper for what occurred to her.”
He added that they have been additionally searching for punitive damages that might be primarily based on Mr. Altman’s internet value.
Mr. Mahoney mentioned the swimsuit was filed on Monday due to a Missouri statute that allowed survivors of childhood sexual abuse to deliver a lawsuit as much as 10 years after their twenty first birthday. Ms. Altman turned 31 on Wednesday.
