OpenAI is under investigation by a group of US state attorneys general. As informs The Wall Street Journal reported on June 12 that the company received a subpoena from the New York state attorney general demanding documents and information related to its operations and impact on users.
The subpoena, seen by the newspaper, demands information about OpenAI’s advertising campaigns, user acquisition and retention, and the processing of their data, including medical information. Separately, prosecutors are interested in the company’s policy on working with minors and elderly users, its research models and the issue of the so-called “sneaking” of models.
In a statement to the WSJ, an OpenAI representative said that artificial intelligence is a powerful new technology that the company is working on every day to promote its safe and responsible use. The company stressed that it takes the concerns of the attorney generals seriously and intends to work constructively with their offices.
It is currently unknown what exactly prompted the investigation. However, technology companies that develop products based on artificial intelligence have long been under the scrutiny of state prosecutors. Yes, in 2025, how writes Engadget, a group of 44 attorneys general turned to to Meta, Google, Apple, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity, and xAI to protect children from potentially dangerous interactions with chatbots.
In addition, in April 2026 the Attorney General of Florida opened a criminal investigation about OpenAI after it was revealed that the suspect in the 2025 Florida State University mass shooting used ChatGPT.
The company has also repeatedly faced lawsuits in which it is accused of insufficient security of its model. In particular, in April this year, seven families of shooting victims in Canada filed a lawsuit against OpenAI through being ignored by the company dangerous chats of 18-year-old suspect Jessie Van Rutselaar, who was accused of murdering eight people. Plaintiffs allege that OpenAI was negligent regarding the content of Van Rutselaar’s statements and knowingly failed to notify the police of the suspect’s dangerous activity. Sam Altman even publicly apologized because of this incident.
Meanwhile, OpenAI a few days ago submitted the documents to the US Securities and Exchange Commission for listing. The company has not yet decided on the terms and price of the share offering.
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