Texas AG Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against OpenAI Global, LLC, its affiliated entities, and CEO Sam Altman, alleging that the company misled consumers about ChatGPT’s safety and reliability and failed to disclose negative side effects.

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Florida AG James Uthmeier proposed the Safe Screens Act, legislation aimed at protecting minors from harmful social media features, unsafe AI chatbot interactions, and inadequate age verification. The proposed legislation would require app stores to verify users’ ages, link minors’ accounts to a parent’s account, and obtain parental consent before minors download or purchase apps.…

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Quoted in Bloomberg Law, State AG Practice member Chris Allen discusses why AGs see antitrust and major technology issues as areas where states must act.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton secured a settlement requiring Temu to strengthen protections for Texans’ personal data and improve product safety standards. The agreement follows a February lawsuit against PDD Holdings Inc. and WhaleCo Inc.. which operates as Temu, alleging the companies exposed Texans’ sensitive personal information to the Chinese Communist Party. The settlement requires Temu…

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A coalition of AGs has filed notice in the bankruptcy proceedings of Character Technologies, Inc., the company behind the chatbot company Character.AI, which identifies serious concerns about the company’s safety and privacy practices and call for protection for children and consumers in any sale of the company’s businesses or assets. The state’s concerns include the…

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