{"article":{"slug":"texas-sues-openai-and-altman","kind":"rule","source":{"title":"Texas's Original Petition, State of Texas v. OpenAI Global, LLC et al.","url":"https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/OpenAI%20Final.pdf","date":"2026-10-23"},"headline":"Texas sues OpenAI, saying ads for ChatGPT left out that it can be wrong","whatChanged":"On October 23, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a suit against OpenAI Global, LLC, five affiliated OpenAI entities and CEO Sam Altman personally. The petition was filed in a Collin County district court, and the copy the Attorney General published has no cause number. It pleads the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act and the SCOPE Act (Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment), citing sections 509.051, 509.052, 509.054 and 509.101. Texas seeks monetary relief over $1,000,000 plus injunctions, and asks the court to hold Altman liable for his direct involvement.\n\nThe deception theory rests on statements and omissions. The petition says OpenAI's advertising shows ChatGPT running a farm and handling health questions without disclosing that it can be wrong or make things up (paragraph 54). The SCOPE Act counts rest on allegations that the free version has no age verification and that parents lack the controls the Act requires for known minors (paragraphs 74 to 77).\n\nThe press release's list of harms is the State's allegation. Nothing has been decided, and the State's materials include no OpenAI response.","whyItMatters":"The theory needs no AI statute. A company that says its AI is safe, accurate or reliable, and omits that it can be wrong, can be pleaded as deceptive under a general consumer-protection law. The petition quotes OpenAI's social posts, a farm-management campaign and blog text.\n\nAny company selling AI features to Texas consumers could read its own ad copy, help text and onboarding warnings against what the product does. Companies whose tools reach minors should also look at age checks and parental controls, the subject of the SCOPE Act counts. A company that only buys ChatGPT is not a defendant. Claims it repeats to its own customers are its own.","issuer":"Texas Attorney General","glance":"Texas sued OpenAI and Sam Altman on October 23 under its consumer-protection and SCOPE Acts; the claims are allegations.","status":"proposed","action":"Read your AI feature ads and help text for accuracy or safety claims, and note the proof for each.","attachments":[{"title":"Texas's Original Petition against OpenAI and Sam Altman","url":"https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/OpenAI%20Final.pdf","description":"The filed petition: the parties, the DTPA and SCOPE Act sections pleaded, the $1,000,000 relief statement, and the quoted advertising the State says omitted error risk.","source":{"title":"Texas's Original Petition, State of Texas v. OpenAI Global, LLC et al.","url":"https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/OpenAI%20Final.pdf","date":"2026-10-23"}},{"title":"Texas Attorney General press release","url":"https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-openai-and-ceo-sam-altman-lying-users-and-harming-texans","description":"The State's summary of the suit and its list of alleged harms. It names only the DTPA claim; the SCOPE Act claim appears in the petition.","source":{"title":"Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for Lying to Users and Harming Texans","url":"https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-openai-and-ceo-sam-altman-lying-users-and-harming-texans","date":"2026-10-23"}}],"companyLabel":"Public edition"},"issue":{"id":"2026-10-26","publishedLabel":"Week of October 26, 2026","isLatest":true},"position":{"index":3,"total":4},"next":{"slug":"sec-fy2027-examination-priorities","headline":"SEC examiners are told to look at AI phishing, deepfakes and customer-data safeguards"},"session":null}