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Florida seeks a court order to freeze new OpenAI models
The attorney general wants independent safety safeguards before any new model, and ChatGPT kept away from minors.
Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, has asked a state judge to stop OpenAI from developing new models without independent safety safeguards. He filed a 49-page motion for a temporary injunction on Monday 28 September 2026. It went to the 10th Judicial Circuit Court in Highlands County, FOX 13 reports.
The motion also targets ChatGPT’s marketing to minors, the collection of children’s data, the chatbot’s human persona and the engagement tactics Uthmeier calls tricks.
The request builds on the state’s 83-page lawsuit of 1 June, FOX 13 adds. That suit followed a criminal investigation opened after the 2025 shooting at Florida State University, whose suspect allegedly used ChatGPT before the attack.
Uthmeier cites Sam Altman’s calls to slow down. If Altman meant them, Uthmeier said, “he can join our ask to the court”, Engadget reports.
An OpenAI spokesperson, cited by FOX 13, pointed to the company’s existing pause on training its strongest models, which holds until further safeguards exist. The company offered to work with Florida on rules for the whole industry.
For businesses that build on OpenAI, the motion asks one state court to set conditions on how their supplier trains its models.
Sources
- FOX 13 Tampa Bay: Florida attorney general asks judge to halt new OpenAI model development. Checked
- Engadget: Florida AG requests emergency order to stop OpenAI model development. Checked
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