- Florida AG James Uthmeier sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, asserting consumer-protection, product liability, and tort claims over allegations that ChatGPT was marketed as safe and reliable while concealing risks to minors and other users.
- In the complaint, the state alleges that OpenAI prioritized speed-to-market and commercial growth over user safety: failed to warn users about risks of self-harm, violence, cognitive decline, and behavioral addiction: and collected data from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent.
- Florida also points to alleged ChatGPT interactions involving self-harm and violence, including chat logs connected to the April 2025 Florida State University shooting, which the state says are now part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
- The state seeks damages, restitution, disgorgement, civil penalties, injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees, and a declaration that OpenAI’s marketing, promotion, sale, and distribution of ChatGPT in Florida constitutes a public nuisance.