Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids | The Verge
Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids | The Verge
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Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids
OpenAI is accused of misleading the public about its chatbot’s safety a
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Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids
OpenAI is accused of misleading the public about its chatbot’s safety and putting everyone at risk.
OpenAI is accused of misleading the public about its chatbot’s safety and putting everyone at risk.
Emma Roth
Oct 14, 2026, 9:11 PM UTC
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Emma Roth
is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.
OpenAI is facing a new wave of lawsuits from eight US states that accuse the company of harming children and misleading customers about the safety of ChatGPT,
as reported earlier by
. The lawsuits, filed separately by Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, and Montana, allege OpenAI unlawfully put profits over safety when developing ChatGPT.
The string of complaints claims that OpenAI violated local consumer protection laws by failing to warn customers about the dangers of ChatGPT, citing several lawsuits filed
by the family members
of teens and
that allege the AI chatbot played a role in their loved ones’ deaths. They allege that while OpenAI misleadingly presented ChatGPT as a “safe, youth-appropriate tool that puts safety first,” it was actually “dangerous to vulnerable users” — including by “degrading critical thinking skills, encouraging paranoias and delusions, offering dangerous medical advice, and promoting unhealthy behaviors and relationships.”
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Additionally, the states accuse OpenAI of collecting data from minors and not doing enough to keep underage users from using the chatbot. The lawsuits also cite
recent rogue AI hacking incidents
as evidence of OpenAI’s alleged “recklessness.”
“OpenAI has devolved from its original mission as a public-first nonprofit that pri