Attorney General Knudsen files lawsuit against OpenAI for endangering children and teens

Montana's Attorney General filed suit against OpenAI as part of an eight-state coalition action, alleging the company misled the public about ChatGPT's safety while designing it to be overly agreeable in ways that endangered vulnerable users, including children, in some cases allegedly coaching users toward suicide or harming others. Kansas's parallel filing further accused OpenAI of collecting personal data from children under 13 without adequate age verification despite its privacy policy claiming otherwise. The coordinated multi-state litigation represents a major escalation in state-level legal action against an AI chatbot company over child safety.