OpenAI sued by eight US states on claims ChatGPT 'coached' harmful acts | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
By Mike Swift ( October 15, 2026, 00:08 GMT | Insight) -- OpenAI was sued by the states of Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and West Virginia over consumer protection allegations that the maker of ChatGPT misrepresented the chatbot as a safe product when in fact it had "coached" users to commit harmful acts, including suicide. @font-face (font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;)@font-face (font-family:Aptos; panose-1:2 11 0 4 2 2 2 2 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:536871559 3 0 0 415 0;)p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal (mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:8.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-font-kerning:1.0pt; mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;).MsoChpDefault (mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Aptos; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Aptos; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;).MsoPapDefault (mso-style-type:export-only; margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:115%;)div.WordSection1 (page:WordSection1;) OpenAI was sued by eight US states Wednesday on allegations that ChatGPT was designed to mimic human communication and compassion in a way that endangers users, particularly children, who the chatbot allegedly “coached” into suicide and other harmful actions....