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Litigation attacking chatbots as dangerous products are opening a new frontier in legal fights against tech.

A laptop screen pictured next to the logo of the Chat AI application on a smartphone screen. | Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images

The legal strategy that hammered the tobacco industry and inspired a cascade of social media lawsuits is posing a rising threat to artificial intelligence companies.

That threat got its boldest example Monday when Florida Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging in part that ChatGPT is a dangerous product for users’ mental health and public safety.