Tracker record · Texas · Petition or complaint
Texas Attorney General v. OpenAI and Altman: ChatGPT safety action
On October 23, 2026, the State of Texas sued six OpenAI entities and CEO Sam Altman personally in District Court, Collin County, Texas, alleging that ChatGPT was marketed as safe, accurate, and reliable while OpenAI failed to warn users of its dangers and failed to give parents required controls over minors' use. The petition pleads the DTPA, Secs. 17.46(a), (b), and (c), enforced under Sec. 17.47, and the SCOPE Act through Sec. 509.151, citing SCOPE Act violations including Secs. 509.051, 509.052, 509.054, and 509.101. Texas seeks monetary relief over $1,000,000 and asks the court to enjoin offering ChatGPT to minors in Texas and to bar release of any new AI model to Texas users unless a court-approved independent third-party evaluator has reviewed its safety guardrails and approved the release, and to order $10,000 for each DTPA violation. The cause number and judicial district are blank in the copy the Attorney General posted. All of this is allegation only; no ruling or OpenAI response is in the cited record.
Status
- Legal status
- Petition filed October 23, 2026; allegations only, no ruling in the cited record.
- Allegation or finding
- Allegation (not a finding)
- Applicability
- OpenAI entities and Sam Altman
- Enforceability
- Allegations only
- Procedural posture
- Filed in District Court, Collin County, Texas, October 23, 2026. The cause number and judicial district are blank in the copy posted by the Attorney General. No ruling or OpenAI response is in the cited record.
- Law checked through
- November 11, 2026
- Primary-source pinpoint
- Texas's Original Petition, State of Texas v. OpenAI Global, LLC et al. (Dist. Ct., Collin County, Tex., filed Oct. 23, 2026), prayer paras. 208(f), 208(j), 209(A)
- Primary source
- https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/OpenAI%20Final.pdf
- Court
- District Court, Collin County, Texas (judicial district not stated in the posted copy)
- Parties
- State of Texas v. OpenAI Global, LLC; OpenAI Foundation (f/k/a OpenAI, Inc.); OpenAI OpCo, LLC; OpenAI Group PBC; OpenAI Holdings, LLC; OpenAI, LLC; and Sam Altman
- Source
- Texas Office of the Attorney General: press release Oct. 23, 2026; Texas's Original Petition (PDF)
Procedural events
- 2026-10-23: Petition filed in District Court, Collin County, Texas; Attorney General announces the suit
Related guides
- Privacy Representations and the DTPA
- SCOPE, App Stores, and Known Minors
- Age Assurance and Children by Design
- Attorney General Enforcement and Investigations