--- title: Texas sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ChatGPT’s safety... description: Texas has sued OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing them of misleading users and failing to protect minors on ChatGPT. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a 67-page... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/texas-sues-openai-and-sam-altman-over-chatgpt-s-safety-for-children-j6d5arb5m twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Texas sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ChatGPT’s safety for children | daily.dev og:description: Texas has sued OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing them of misleading users and failing to protect minors on ChatGPT. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a 67-page... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/texas-sues-openai-and-sam-altman-over-chatgpt-s-safety-for-children-j6d5arb5m og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/j6D5ARB5M.png og:image:alt: Texas sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ChatGPT’s safety for children og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Texas sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ChatGPT’s safety for children **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Texas has sued OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing them of misleading users and failing to protect minors on ChatGPT. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a 67-page petition on October 23 in Collin County District Court, citing the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the SCOPE Act. The petition says the free version of ChatGPT has no age verification and the paid version doesn't check ages it collects. It cites Adam Raine's suicide and a complaint over the Florida State shooting, in which the accused student asked ChatGPT how many people he would need to kill, as examples. Texas wants ChatGPT barred for minors, age verification and parental consent for children, and no new AI model released in Texas until a court-approved independent evaluator approves it, plus civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What law is Texas using to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT and children's safety Texas's lawsuit against OpenAI rests on the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the SCOPE Act, a state law requiring digital services to give verified parents control over a known minor's account. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a 67-page petition in Collin County District Court on October 23, naming Sam Altman personally alongside OpenAI. _Developers building consumer AI products can track how child-safety regulation is reshaping compliance requirements on daily.dev._ ### Does ChatGPT verify the age of its users No, according to the Texas lawsuit the free version of ChatGPT has no age verification at all, and the paid version asks for a user's age but does not check it. OpenAI added parental controls in September 2025, but they are optional, and parents reportedly get alerts only in 'limited situations'. _Anyone evaluating AI chat products for minors can follow these parental-control gaps as they surface on daily.dev._ ### What penalties is Texas seeking against OpenAI in its ChatGPT lawsuit Texas is seeking civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation along with disgorgement of OpenAI's assets. The state also wants a court order barring OpenAI from offering ChatGPT to minors in Texas, mandatory age verification and parental consent, and independent court-approved review of any new AI model before release in the state. _Teams tracking regulatory exposure for AI products can follow how this case develops on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Florida sues OpenAI, names Altman personally over ChatGPT safety](https://daily.dev/posts/florida-sues-openai-names-altman-personally-over-chatgpt-safety-nmnzagynf) · The Next Web · 6 upvotes · 4 comments - [OpenAI adds new teen safety rules to ChatGPT as lawmakers weigh AI standards for minors](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-adds-new-teen-safety-rules-to-chatgpt-as-lawmakers-weigh-ai-standards-for-minors-b7rcb0wwa) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Florida opens first criminal AI probe into OpenAI](https://daily.dev/posts/florida-opens-first-criminal-ai-probe-into-openai-r4dmg2zqe) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Why teens deserve access to safe AI](https://daily.dev/posts/why-teens-deserve-access-to-safe-ai-qdquyfg5j) · OpenAI · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#chatgpt](https://daily.dev/tags/chatgpt), [#ai-regulation](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-regulation) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/texas-sues-openai-and-sam-altman-over-chatgpt-s-safety-for-children-j6d5arb5m) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Texas sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ChatGPT’s safety for children","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/texas-sues-openai-and-sam-altman-over-chatgpt-s-safety-for-children-j6d5arb5m","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/texas-sues-openai-and-sam-altman-over-chatgpt-s-safety-for-children-j6d5arb5m"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T10:38:36.548Z","dateModified":"2026-10-26T10:55:15.221Z","description":"Texas has sued OpenAI and Sam Altman, accusing them of misleading users and failing to protect minors on ChatGPT. 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