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Florida Seeks Emergency Court Order to Restrict OpenAI's ChatGPT Over Safety and Child-Risk Claims

September 28, 2026 at 12:52 EDT

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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked a Highlands County court on September 28, 2026, to impose temporary restrictions on OpenAI and ChatGPT while the state’s first-in-the-nation lawsuit against the company proceeds. The motion seeks immediate limits on model development, marketing claims, use by minors, child data collection and chatbot behavior that Florida says makes ChatGPT appear human.

Sept. 28, 2026 · Florida v. OpenAI

Florida seeks emergency limits on ChatGPT

The state is asking a court to restrict OpenAI’s model development, marketing claims, child access, data collection and human-like chatbot behavior while its lawsuit proceeds.

pages in the original complaint

additional incidents disclosed Sept. 16

500+

agents alleged in Hugging Face intrusion

45%

news misrepresentation rate cited

Child-risk figures cited in the motion

20%

preteens using AI chatbots

33%

adolescents discuss serious matters with AI

24%

share personal information

Stacked blocks are proportional at roughly one block per ten percentage points.

Model development

Third-party safety approval requested

Minors

No ChatGPT access in Florida requested

Data

Consent and age checks for under-13 users

Design

Limits on human-like self-presentation

Why supporters see urgency

The motion frames ChatGPT as a consumer product that needs immediate limits around children, deception, safety warnings and agentic behavior before trial.

Why critics see risk

Developers and skeptics warn that broad court-ordered restrictions could chill model work and stretch platform liability before disputed facts are tested.

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