Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed for an emergency injunction seeking to prevent OpenAI from developing new AI models without third-party oversight. The filing argues that OpenAI cannot adequately regulate its own technology. [4, 5, 6]
The move is the latest development in a lawsuit Florida first filed in June 2026. [1] The state’s suit, the first of its kind by a U.S. state, accuses OpenAI of misrepresenting ChatGPT’s safety, ignoring warnings about its risks and causing harm to minors. [2, 8]