Attorney General Ken Paxton accuses ChatGPT of having deceived and harmed the Texans, and asks to deny access to them to minors.
Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, filed a complaint on Friday, October 23, 2026 in a Collin County court against OpenAI and its co-founder Sam Altman. He accuses the company of insufficiently regulating ChatGPT and misleading users about the risks of the product, relying on Texas consumer protection law.
The list of grievances is wide: supposed help given to perpetrators of killings, incitement to suicide of vulnerable people, public humiliation of professionals, loss of critical thinking among users, and dependence of minors on a tool that simulates empathy to collect their data without parental control.
Unprecedented measures requested
Texas is not only seeking damages: it is seeking an injunction that would require OpenAI to block access for minors and submit any new models for approval by an independent assessor appointed by the court. OpenAI responds that it is working with experts to reduce risks and says it is in favor of industry-wide security standards. The political context weighs heavily on Ken Paxton for a seat in the U.S. Senate, a campaign backed to the tune of nearly $200 million by Elon Musk, OpenAI's declared rival. Texas has already sued Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and Roblox on comparable grounds.
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