Overview
- A multi-state group led by New York Attorney General Letitia James served OpenAI with a sweeping subpoena on Friday seeking internal documents as part of a coordinated investigation.
- The demand asks for records on advertising, user engagement, handling of consumer and health data, interactions with minors and seniors, model behavior including so-called sycophancy, and internal policies and governance.
- Florida’s separate actions remain active with a civil suit filed June 1 that names CEO Sam Altman and an April criminal probe that earlier issued subpoenas for training materials, operational guidelines and law enforcement cooperation covering March 1, 2024 through April 17, 2026.
- OpenAI said it will engage constructively with investigators while continuing preparations after confidentially filing for a possible IPO with the SEC.
- The investigations add legal and disclosure risk for the company, could shape what the public offering must reveal, and follow multiple private lawsuits alleging ChatGPT outputs contributed to suicides and aided violent planning.