TEXAS SUES OPENAI — WANTS A JUDGE TO VET EVERY NEW MODEL

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Friday, accusing them of marketing ChatGPT as safe and reliable while failing to protect Texans — especially teenagers — from its harms. The 67-page petition, filed in Collin County District Court, brings claims under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the state’s SCOPE Act for minors’ online safety.

The ask is the story: Texas wants a court to bar OpenAI from offering ChatGPT to minors in the state and to block any new AI model from reaching Texas users until a court-approved independent evaluator signs off on its safety guardrails. It also seeks $10,000 in civil penalties per violation and more than $1 million in monetary relief.

Paxton is the second state attorney general, after Florida, to name Altman personally as a defendant — and Texas is the tenth state to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT’s risks to children. OpenAI says it wants safety rules that apply to “the entire AI industry — not just one company.”