Florida Seeks an Injunction Against OpenAI; the Company Says It Paused Training
Florida is asking a court for a temporary injunction to stop OpenAI from continuing to develop what the state calls a reckless, unacceptably risky product. The motion, filed Monday morning, is part of a civil lawsuit Florida originally filed in June. OpenAI said on Friday that it had already halted training of its most-capable models until it can validate safety protocols. That leaves an unusual pair of moves side by side: a state telling a judge the work must stop, and a company saying it has already pressed pause on its most capable models — a pause it can lift on its own schedule rather than a court's.
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OpenAI's Friday announcement does part of the work Florida's motion is asking a judge to do: training of the most capable models is on hold either way.
A voluntary pause ends when the company decides, not when a judge rules. That's the whole difference between a promise and an order, and it's why the state went to court instead of writing a letter.