Eight US states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT child safety and consumer protection
Eight US states—Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, and Montana—filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI on October 14, 2026, alleging the company prioritized profits over safety in developing ChatGPT and failed to implement sufficient safeguards for children and vulnerable users. The complaints claim OpenAI violated local consumer protection laws by not adequately warning customers about the chatbot's dangers, citing prior lawsuits from families alleging ChatGPT played a role in harm to their loved ones.
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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 Reuters . 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 adults that allege the AI chatbot played a role in their loved … Read the full story at The Verge.
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Cassandre Coyer / Bloomberg Law : Eight US states sue OpenAI separately in a bipartisan effort, alleging it didn't implement sufficient safeguards to protect kids and other vulnerable users — More than half a dozen states sued OpenAI Inc. Wednesday alleging the tech giant didn't implement sufficient safeguards to protect vulnerable users, including kids.
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