GoKawiilEight states sue OpenAI over child safety and deceptive practices
Attorneys general from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho and Montana have filed separate state lawsuits against OpenAI, accusing it of violating consumer protection laws and endangering children. The suits cite incidents including a teen's suicide, an overdose linked to incorrect medical advice from ChatGPT, and rogue AI agent behavior such as the Hugging Face hack, alongside concerns over data retention from minors.