Arkansas Asks Judge to Freeze Self-Improving AI as Eight States Sue OpenAI

Arkansas Asks Judge to Freeze Self-Improving AI as Eight States Sue OpenAI

Eight US states have opened a coordinated legal front against OpenAI, each filing its own lawsuit accusing the company of selling ChatGPT as a safe product while designing a chatbot that endangers minors and vulnerable adults. The complaints from Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho and Montana read mostly as consumer-protection actions — … Read more

OpenAI Faces Class Action Over Children’s Data as Plaintiffs Seek Company Equity

OpenAI Faces Class Action Over Children’s Data as Plaintiffs Seek Company Equity

A proposed nationwide class action filed in California federal court accuses OpenAI of training its models on children’s private ChatGPT conversations without valid parental consent. The remedy it seeks is barely conventional: a slice of the company itself, or its cash equivalent. The 81-page complaint was lodged on October 13, 2026 in the U.S. District … Read more