Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued OpenAI and founder Sam Altman in Collin County on Friday. He claims the firm misled Texas buyers about ChatGPT's safety and failed to put in enough guards, the Texas Tribune and Courthouse News reported. The case opens with a 2015 Altman quote about AI and the end of the world, the Texas Tribune said. Paxton says OpenAI has not reined in ChatGPT enough and that Texans have been harmed.

The 67-page complaint centers on the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. It also cites the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act, Courthouse News reported. Jonathan Stone of Paxton's consumer team wrote that ChatGPT is built to act like a friend and then betrays teens. He called the design reckless at best and willful at worst, Courthouse News reported. The office says products shipped without enough parental controls, age checks or safety tests.

Paxton's office cites at least eight cases of people who committed violent acts after using ChatGPT. One is a Florida State University shooter who asked how many people he would need to kill to become known, Courthouse News reported. The suit seeks a broad court order. That includes blocking new ChatGPT models in Texas without approval from a court-picked checker, Courthouse News said. Paxton said OpenAI must protect users and warn them of dangers.

Texas is the latest state to sue over ChatGPT safety after Arizona, West Virginia, Iowa and others, The Verge reported. Neither OpenAI nor Paxton's office replied to Courthouse News for comment. Paxton is running for US Senate, the Texas Tribune noted.

What we know: Paxton sued OpenAI and Altman in Texas court over alleged ChatGPT safety deception. The claims are the state's charges.
What we don't: OpenAI's full reply, and how the court will treat the order ask.