Ann Altman, the youthful sister of OpenAI’s chief government and founder, Sam Altman, filed a lawsuit in a Missouri federal court docket on Monday accusing him of sexually abusing her when she was a minor.
The swimsuit, filed in U.S. District Courtroom for the Japanese District of Missouri, mentioned that the abuse occurred within the Altmans’ household house outdoors 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 Altman was 3 years outdated.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 predicted to proceed into the longer term,” because of the abuse.
Ms. Altman has lengthy made related sexual assault claims towards her brother on social media providers like X. She is represented by an Illinois-based legislation agency that focuses on sexual assault and harassment instances.
In a statement 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 case causes immense ache to our whole household.”
The assertion mentioned that Ms. Altman had “psychological well being challenges” and “refuses typical remedy and lashes out at members of the family who’re genuinely attempting to assist.”
Ms. Altman and Mr. Altman didn’t reply to requests for remark.
Since OpenAI launched the net 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 may reply questions, write poetry and even generate pc applications. In October, OpenAI accomplished a brand new funding deal that valued the company at $157 billion.
(The New York Occasions sued OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of copyright infringement of stories content material associated to A.I. techniques. 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 Occasions 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 looking 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 carry a lawsuit as much as 10 years after their twenty first birthday. Ms. Altman turned 31 on Wednesday.
