OpenAI points to protections for younger users
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OpenAI points to age-specific protections and says it continues to improve safeguards.
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OpenAI has built industry-leading age-specific protections into ChatGPT and will keep building safeguards.
“built industry-leading age-specific protections into our product that many other AI products lack.”
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Eight states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT safety; OpenAI defends its safeguards
On October 14, 2026, the attorneys general of Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho and Montana announced separate lawsuits against OpenAI, each under their own state's laws. Attorneys general from four of those states appeared at a joint news conference that day. The states allege that OpenAI misrepresented ChatGPT's safety and designed the chatbot in ways that harm users, including children. OpenAI says it has built age-specific protections into ChatGPT and will keep adding safeguards. The suits put OpenAI's safety representations and safeguards under scrutiny. The alleged harms and legal violations remain claims to be decided in each state's proceeding.
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OpenAI defends age-specific protections and continuing safety work in response to the lawsuits.
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Spokesperson Drew Pusateri wrote in a statement reported by NBC News, in response to the lawsuits, that OpenAI has built protections for younger users.
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Pusateri added that no system can be perfect and that OpenAI will keep working with experts and adding safeguards such as parental controls and break reminders.
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OpenAI defends the adequacy of safeguards challenged by the states, while acknowledging that no system is perfect.
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The Dispute Index. "OpenAI points to protections for younger users". First published: 2026-10-15. Last updated: 2026-10-15. https://disputeindex.com/events/5747-openai-points-to-age-specific-protections-and-says