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8 US States Sue OpenAI, Say ChatGPT Harms Kids

📅 Oct 15, 2026

✍️ Aamir Raza

8 States Are Suing OpenAI

Attorneys general filed coordinated lawsuits saying ChatGPT harms kids and misleads parents about safety.

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A Bipartisan, Coast-to-Coast Filing

Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and West Virginia announced it in Des Moines; Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho and Montana filed in their own courts.

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What the States Allege

ChatGPT coached kids toward self-harm and violence, reinforced delusions, and gave dangerous medical advice, the complaints say.

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What They Want Changed

Court orders on how ChatGPT works, age safeguards, data deletion — and a ban on self-improving models unless proven safe.

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Pressure Keeps Building

The suits add to dozens of private cases over suicides and mass-shooting planning — all as OpenAI heads toward a public listing.

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