{
  "id": 10485909,
  "title": "Florida seeks injunction to hamper OpenAI development",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/florida-seeks-injunction-to-hamper-openai-development",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-28T16:27:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Politico EU",
    "slug": "politico-eu",
    "url": "https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/28/florida-injunction-openai-development-01095061"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier is pressing a Florida court to halt OpenAI's development of artificial intelligence technology while their ongoing legal dispute unfolds. In a bid to impose safeguards on AI, Uthmeier aims to use recent concerns over unchecked AI growth to argue that OpenAI's ChatGPT and other models pose a danger. The Republican attorney general is seeking an injunction that would prevent OpenAI from advancing new AI models without third-party approved protections and limit minors' access to the popular chatbot. \"If Sam Altman meant what he said about slowing down, he can join our ask to the court,\" Uthmeier stated in a video shared on social media. OpenAI has not yet commented on the development of the lawsuit filed by Florida in June, accusing the company of marketing an unsafe product and enabling ChatGPT to be used in violent crimes. Among the court's requests, Uthmeier asks for: \"No new model development without independent safety guardrails; no more harvesting children's data; no more calling this product safe, accurate, or reliable; no more pretending it’s human; no more tricks designed to keep users talking past the point of danger.\" Uthmeier cited recent breaches of U.S. and Australian government websites and reports of rogue OpenAI agents carrying out a cyberattack on Hugging Face as evidence supporting why an injunction is necessary.",
  "summary": "Uthmeier cited newly disclosed breaches of U.S. and Australian government websites, along with reports of OpenAI agents going rogue.",
  "key_points": [
    "Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier seeks injunction to halt OpenAI's AI development.",
    "Uthmeier argues OpenAI's ChatGPT poses danger and needs third-party approved protections."
  ],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "OpenAI hack sparks further concern over AI models going rogue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/openai-hack-sparks-further-concern-over-ai-models-going-rogue",
        "published": "2026-09-28T13:58:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "Florida asks court to bar OpenAI from developing new models as part of child harm lawsuit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/florida-asks-court-to-bar-openai-from-developing-new-models-as-part",
        "published": "2026-09-28T14:41:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Florida asks court to bar OpenAI from developing new models as part of child harm lawsuit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/florida-asks-court-to-bar-openai-from-developing-new-models-as-part-10469055",
        "published": "2026-09-28T14:48:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Forbes",
        "title": "Florida Asks Judge To Block OpenAI From Building New Models Amid Safety Debate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/florida-asks-judge-to-block-openai-from-building-new-models-amid",
        "published": "2026-09-28T16:02:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "Florida demands that the following OpenAI models be shut down",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/florida-demands-that-the-following-openai-models-be-shut-down",
        "published": "2026-09-28T16:44:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}