Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a 67-page petition on October 23, 2026, in Collin County District Court against OpenAI entities and CEO Sam Altman, making Texas the 10th state suing OpenAI and the second, after Florida, to name Altman as a defendant. Texas alleges OpenAI marketed ChatGPT as safe and reliable while lacking adequate age verification, parental controls, and safety testing, bringing claims under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the SCOPE Act, the state’s law on minors online. What Texas asks for is the striking part: bar ChatGPT for minors in the state, require every new OpenAI model to be cleared by a court-approved independent evaluator before Texans can use it, and impose civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation. These are allegations — no court has ruled, and the filing alone does not change ChatGPT’s availability in Texas. OpenAI says it wants safety rules that apply to the entire AI industry, not just one company.
Storyline
Hook: Texas just sued OpenAI and Sam Altman — and it’s asking a court for something no state has won before.
Context: Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a 67-page petition on October 23rd in Collin County District Court, making Texas the 10th state suing OpenAI.
Stakes: Texas wants ChatGPT barred for minors in the state, and every new OpenAI model cleared by a court-approved independent evaluator before Texans can use it.
Payoff: These are allegations, not a court ruling — but if a judge grants them, one state court would effectively hold a veto over new AI releases in Texas.
Watch next: MiniMax’s M3.1 Flash weights landed on Hugging Face on October 23 — 428 billion parameters, 23 billion active per token, a one-million-token context, in a 252 GB download.
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Source: Skimwire, Texas sues OpenAI over ChatGPT safety and minors: https://www.skimwire.com/texas-paxton-sues-openai-chatgpt-minors-safety/
Source: AI Stock Wire, OpenAI lawsuit tracker: https://aistockwire.com/blog/openai-lawsuit-tracker-states-chatgpt-children
Source: TechNode, MiniMax releases open weights for 428-billion-parameter M3.1 Flash model: https://technode.com/2026/10/23/minimax-releases-open-weights-for-428-billion-parameter-m3-1-flash-model/
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