📢 OpenAI sued after ChatGPT allegedly acted like a lawyer A strange legal battle is unfolding in the U.S. Nippon Life Insurance Company of America has sued OpenAI, claiming ChatGPT effectively acted as an unlicensed lawyer and helped flood a federal court with useless filings. Here’s what happened: • A woman had already settled a disability lawsuit with Nippon Life in 2024. • Later, she uploaded an email from her lawyer into ChatGPT asking for advice. • According to the lawsuit, the AI validated her doubts about her attorney, so she fired the lawyer. From there things escalated. Using ChatGPT, she tried to reopen the closed case and reportedly filed dozens of motions and court documents that the insurer says had “no legitimate legal purpose.” The company claims responding to those filings cost about $300,000 in legal fees. Now Nippon Life is asking a court to: • Declare that OpenAI violated laws against unauthorized legal practice • Pay $300K in damages • And $10 million