Texas AG sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman over child safety and deception

This is notable less as a product-safety case than as a state-level legal pressure campaign aimed squarely at a company's leadership, with Altman named personally alongside the corporate entity. The remedies sought—injunctive relief plus per-violation penalties under a deceptive trade practices statute—signal that the exposure runs beyond compliance costs to potential operational constraints on ChatGPT in a major market. It also adds to a patchwork of state-led AI enforcement that companies must now navigate alongside federal and other jurisdictions. The open question is whether this becomes a template for other state attorneys general, and how OpenAI's disclosure and child-safety practices hold up under scrutiny.