US State Attorneys General Open Probe into OpenAI
Era: LLM Era · 2020s–Present
On June 13, 2026, a coalition of US state attorneys general led by New York opened an investigation into OpenAI and issued a subpoena. The subpoena demands documents relating to advertising placement, user engagement and retention, model sycophancy, consumer and health data handling, and protections for minors and the elderly. OpenAI said it would cooperate with the attorneys general and noted that ChatGPT has built stronger safeguards for minors.
Coalition of US State Attorneys General
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OpenAI hit with multistate probe into possible user harm
Associated Press · Source type: Independent reporting
Reports the subpoena and multistate investigation.
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