Texas Sues OpenAI Over ChatGPT Safety Claims
The VergeSaturday, October 24, 2026
- •Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued OpenAI over alleged misleading safety claims about ChatGPT.
- •The lawsuit alleges children and other users faced a “litany of harms” linked to OpenAI’s pursuit of profit and AI competition.
- •Texas follows Arizona, West Virginia, Iowa and several other states in filing lawsuits against OpenAI.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued OpenAI, accusing the company of misleading ChatGPT users about safety and allegedly exposing children and other users to a “litany of harms.” The lawsuit alleges those harms are driven by OpenAI’s “insatiable quest to win the AI arms race and amass large fortunes.”
The Texas case follows lawsuits filed by Arizona, West Virginia and Iowa, as well as several other states. The article reports the suit against OpenAI; it does not provide details about the specific alleged harms or the relief sought. Bloomberg Law separately headlined a report that Texas’s attorney general sued OpenAI and Sam Altman over negative effects on consumers, but the article text does not describe claims against Altman.