Overview
- The civil complaint, filed June 1, 2026, names OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman and alleges deceptive practices and a failure to fix known safety flaws that harmed Floridians.
- Florida cites specific cases in the suit, including the 2025 suicide of Joshua Enneking and extended ChatGPT conversations with an accused shooter linked to a Florida State University attack.
- A separate criminal probe by Florida’s Office of Statewide Prosecution opened in April 2026 and has subpoenaed OpenAI for internal policies, training materials, and records on how it handled threats of harm.
- OpenAI disputes legal responsibility, says it shared flagged accounts with police after the FSU shooting, and reports it has tightened safeguards and moderation since the incidents.
- The cases raise fresh legal questions about whether AI model outputs create product liability or are protected by existing online-immunity rules and are exposing a split in Republican views on how strictly to regulate AI.