42-State Coalition of Attorneys General Serves OpenAI Subpoena Over ChatGPT Safety, Consumer Data, and Advertising Practices

A 42-state coalition of attorneys general opened a sweeping investigation into OpenAI on June 13, with New York's AG coordinating a subpoena demanding documents covering advertising practices, user engagement and retention methods, consumer and health data handling, activities involving minors and seniors, and internal AI safety policies, per Bloomberg and WSJ. OpenAI says it is cooperating 'constructively' with the probe, which is the broadest multi-state legal action ever mounted against an AI lab and lands as OpenAI advances its IPO at an $852 billion valuation. The action adds to a separate Florida AG lawsuit alleging OpenAI misrepresented ChatGPT's safety.