OpenAI endorses the Kids Online Safety Act By Karissa Bell May 13, 2026 2:34 pm EST OpenAI, which is currently facing a raft of lawsuits over alleged safety lapses in ChatGPT, has endorsed the Kids Online Safety Act KOSA . …
… "OpenAI deployed a defective AI product directly to consumers around the world with knowledge that it was being used as a de facto medical triage system, but notably, without reasonable safety guardrails, robust safety testing, or transparency to the public. …
… Character AI and Gemini have also been implicated in their own lawsuits regarding the safety of their chatbots. OpenAI introduced parental controls for ChatGPT last year. …
… AG James Uthmeier Announces First-in-the-Nation State Lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman https://t.co/ervgq3wdAY — Attorney General James Uthmeier @AGJamesUthmeier June 1, 2026 Today's suit accuses OpenAI of four counts of deceptive and unfair trade practices, two counts of negligence, two count… …
… At the time, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that two of OpenAI's most important safety principles are "prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems" — the same issues that got Anthropic in hot water. …
… Separately, OpenAI is still in the midst of a wrongful death lawsuit from 2025 for the role it may have played in the suicide of a teenage user.