Eight US states sue OpenAI on Oct 15, alleging ChatGPT is unsafe for minors
Eight US states jointly sued OpenAI on Oct 15 alleging ChatGPT poses safety risks to minors; case details not yet disclosed.
On October 15, eight US states jointly sued OpenAI alleging its ChatGPT product poses safety risks to minors. The suit follows the FTC's October 1 consumer protection probe of OpenAI and Anthropic and the FTC's October 16 subpoenas of both companies as another US regulatory enforcement action against frontier AI companies.
The specific state names, lead state attorneys general, key allegations, and requested relief were not disclosed in The Verge report. The lawsuit comes alongside OpenAI's prior actions including default teen mode, parental controls, expanded mental health detection, and a Youth Safety Board.
OpenAI has taken multiple ChatGPT safety measures including default-on teen mode, parental controls, expanded mental health detection, and a Youth Safety Board. But federal regulators and state-level prosecutors argue these measures are insufficient to protect minors from potential mental health, privacy, and inappropriate content risks.