Texas sues OpenAI over deceptive safety claims about ChatGPT
The State of Texas filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and personally against CEO Sam Altman, alleging the company markets ChatGPT as safe even though its claimed safeguards fail to protect consumers, including minors. Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation and sweeping injunctive relief, including barring minors from ChatGPT, requiring a court-appointed expert to review new models, and stopping the chatbot from giving advice on suicide, eating disorders or violence. The suit relies on the state's deceptive trade practices law rather than any AI-specific statute, showing how US states are already using existing consumer-protection tools against AI companies while federal rules remain absent. For a business that uses or embeds an AI chatbot in a product reachable by minors or vulnerable users, the case is a reminder that marketing claims about a 'safe' AI product can become a source of legal liability if they are not backed by real technical safeguards.
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