Ann Altman, the youthful sister of OpenAI’s chief govt 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 go well with, filed in U.S. District Courtroom for the Japanese District of Missouri, mentioned that the abuse occurred within the Altman’s 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 Altman was 3 years outdated.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 longer term” on account 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 regulation agency that focuses on sexual assault and harassment instances.
In a assertion posted to X on Tuesday, Mr. Altman, alongside together with his mom and two youthful brothers, denied the claims. “Annie has made deeply hurtful and fully unfaithful claims about our household, and particularly Sam,” the assertion mentioned. “This example causes immense ache to our complete household.”
The assertion mentioned that Ms. Altman had “psychological well being challenges” and “refuses standard therapy and lashes out at members of the family who’re genuinely making an attempt to assist.”
Ms. Altman and Mr. Altman didn’t responded 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 increase set off by the chatbot, which might reply questions, write poetry and even generate laptop packages. In October, OpenAI finalized a brand new funding deal that valued the corporate at $157 billion.
(The New York Instances sued OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of copyright infringement of reports content material associated to A.I. methods. 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 Instances that the quantity was the minimal required for a federal go well with of this type. He mentioned that if the go well with 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 may be primarily based on Mr. Altman’s internet price.
Mr. Mahoney mentioned the go well with 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.
