Overview
James Uthmeier is the Republican Attorney General of Florida. He filed the first state AG lawsuit against openai over ChatGPT’s impact on minors (June 2026) and escalated with a temporary-injunction motion in September 2026.
Recent Developments
- 2026-09-28: Filed motion for temporary injunction in Highlands County Circuit Court (Case No. 26000295GCAXMX) seeking to halt OpenAI frontier model development without third-party safety guardrails, restrict minor access, and limit anthropomorphic ChatGPT behavior (2026-09-28-florida-openai-injunction-reuters, 2026-09-28-florida-openai-injunction-politico)
- 2026-06-01: Original lawsuit against OpenAI and sam-altman citing child harm, school-shooter cases, and product misrepresentation (2026-06-01-florida-sues-openai-safety)