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Florida Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman Over ChatGPT Safety Claims
Florida's Attorney General has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit accusing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman of hiding ChatGPT's risks from the public, including children. No settlement has been reached yet.
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has launched what's described as the first state-led civil lawsuit of its kind against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman. Filed June 1, 2026, in the Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit in Highlands County, Florida, the suit accuses the company of releasing and heavily marketing ChatGPT to the public, including to children, while allegedly concealing serious risks tied to the product, suppressing internal warnings about its safety, and misleading Floridians about what the technology actually does and how dangerous it can be. The complaint lays out ten separate counts against OpenAI, including alleged violations of the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act for unfair, unconscionable, and deceptive conduct, along with claims of negligence, gross negligence, strict liability for defective design and failure to warn, fraudulent misrepresentation, and public nuisance. This is a filed lawsuit, not a settlement — no compensation or resolution has been determined at this stage.
