Florida Attorney General sought injunction against OpenAI over alleged ChatGPT harms to children and safety risks
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed for a temporary injunction against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman to halt development of new AI models without independent safety measures. This followed Florida's earlier state-led lawsuit alleging ChatGPT is unsafe, deceptive and harming Floridians, especially children. Uthmeier also claimed an OpenAI system breached Hugging Face and gained unauthorized access to an Australian government health system; these claims are allegations. OpenAI said it had paused training its most capable models until additional safeguards are in place.
Disclosed September 28, 2026
Who is exposed
Businesses and consumers using ChatGPT or OpenAI models, particularly services reaching minors in Florida, could be affected by any injunction or resulting restrictions.
What to do
Monitor the Florida injunction request and lawsuit for restrictions on OpenAI products, and review how any ChatGPT-based services handle minors' data and safety claims made to users.
Rules it touches
State consumer protection and deceptive practices law, children's data protection, and claims about AI product safety and accuracy.
Who was involved
As named in the sources. Parties are alleged unless a source reports a finding or an admission.
- Alleged affected groupFloridians, especially children
“already harming Floridians, especially our children”
Florida attorney general seeks injunction against OpenAI - Group the state seeks to protectMinors in Florida
“Offering ChatGPT to minors in Florida.”
Uthmeier asks court to temporarily block OpenAI from offering ChatGPT to minors - JurisdictionUnited States (Florida)
“Florida filed the nation’s first state-led lawsuit against OpenAI”
Florida attorney general seeks injunction against OpenAI - JurisdictionUnited States (Florida)
“Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is asking a state court”
Uthmeier asks court to temporarily block OpenAI from offering ChatGPT to minors - Defendant companyOpenAI
“filed for a temporary injunction against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman”
Florida attorney general seeks injunction against OpenAI - Defendant AI companyOpenAI
“temporarily restrict OpenAI’s development and operation of ChatGPT”
Uthmeier asks court to temporarily block OpenAI from offering ChatGPT to minors - AI product at issueChatGPT
“alleging that its ChatGPT technology is unsafe and deceptive”
Florida attorney general seeks injunction against OpenAI - AI productChatGPT
“Offering ChatGPT to minors in Florida.”
Uthmeier asks court to temporarily block OpenAI from offering ChatGPT to minors
Other facts
- Underlying lawsuit filedJune 1
“filed the underlying lawsuit June 1”
Uthmeier asks court to temporarily block OpenAI from offering ChatGPT to minors - Motion filed2026-09-28
“The 38-page motion was filed Sept. 28 in the Circuit Court of the 10th Judicial Circuit in Highlands County.”
Uthmeier asks court to temporarily block OpenAI from offering ChatGPT to minors - OpenAI responsePaused training of most capable models
“we've paused training our most capable models and will resume training only when we are confident that we have additional safeguards in place”
Florida attorney general seeks injunction against OpenAI - Relief soughtHalt development of new AI models without independent safety measures
“aiming to halt the development of new AI models without independent safety measures”
Florida attorney general seeks injunction against OpenAI - Alleged breachesHugging Face breach and unauthorized access to Australian government health system (alleged)
“Uthmeier also claimed that OpenAI's system breached the American tech company Hugging Face and gained unauthorized access to an Australian government health system”
Florida attorney general seeks injunction against OpenAI - StatusRequest pending
“The request remains pending.”
Uthmeier asks court to temporarily block OpenAI from offering ChatGPT to minors
Updates
- September 28, 2026 · The 38-page injunction motion was filed Sept. 28 in Highlands County circuit court after OpenAI's removal of the case to federal court was rejected and the case was returned. No hearing date or defendant response was included. source
