Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, Highlands County, Florida

Florida attorney general moves for temporary injunction barring OpenAI model development and ChatGPT access for minors

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a motion for a temporary injunction against OpenAI and Chief Executive Sam Altman in Highlands County Circuit Court on 28 September 2026. The state asked the court to prohibit OpenAI from training or releasing new models without independent third-party approval, bar minors from ChatGPT, halt unconsented child data collection, prohibit human-like emotional framing, and enjoin conversation prolongation design practices.