The great Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued OPenAI and Sam Altman on Friday for lying to and misleading Texans on safety concerns.
The suit was filed on Friday October 23, 2026, in Collin County district court. The suit alleges OpenAI misled consumers about ChatGPT’s safety and failed to protect Texans — including children — from harmful AI outputs
According to the Woodlands Online the suit asserts:
** Misrepresented safety and reliability of ChatGPT while omitting significant risks
** Failed to implement adequate guardrails, allowing harmful outputs such as encouragement of self-harm, violence, or addiction
** Rushed products to market for profit, disregarding internal safety warnings
** Collected minors’ data without parental oversight and allegedly contributed to incidents like AI-assisted mass shootings
The lawsuit invokes Texas deceptive trade practices act and the securing children online through parental empowerment act.
Civil penalties could reach $10,000 per violation.
