{"schema_version":"0.10.0","id":"LR-2026-0557","record_version":1,"title":"Florida attorney general sues OpenAI over alleged ChatGPT harms","verification":{"human_verified":false,"method":"automated_gate","auto_verified":true,"score":48.8,"score_breakdown":{"source_authority":12.1,"independent_corroboration":15.0,"implicated_party_confirmed":0.0,"citation_integrity":14.0,"specificity":0.0,"completeness":1.92,"unhedged_language":3.33},"checks":{"schema_valid":true,"every_field_cited":true,"quotes_verbatim":true,"source_fetched":true,"distinct_incident":true,"dates_plausible":true,"sources_agree":true,"source_describes_incident":true,"severe_backed_by_source":true,"record_integrity":true,"eligible":true,"about_this_case":true},"gate_version":"gate-2026-10-18.7","cross_check_model":null,"cross_check_agreement":null,"duplicate_of":null,"verified_by":null,"verified_at":"2026-11-01","extraction_run_id":null,"evidence_level":{"level":"preliminary","reason":"1 report: CNBC · subject to change","original_document":null,"reports_total":2,"reports_independent":1,"reports_derivative":0,"developing":false,"disputed":false,"rules_version":"evidence-2026-10-29.1","computed_at":"2026-11-01","history":[{"date":"2026-11-01","from_level":null,"to_level":"preliminary","reason":"1 report: CNBC · subject to change"}]},"sources_hash":"cdd11674105d8a60466ef0dc5d320288d70cbe9fae22da169b2126b6582bb6db"},"system":{"model_name":null,"model_version":null,"developer":"unknown","harness":null,"tools_granted":[],"permissions_scope":null,"autonomy_level":"unknown","guardrails_present":[],"deployment_context":"unknown","tier":null,"lifecycle_stage":null,"integration_type":null,"intended_use":null,"safeguard_state":null,"production_intended":null},"event":{"date_occurred":null,"date_disclosed":"2026-06-01","incident_class":"harmful_output","failure_class":null,"agent_involved":null,"secondary_failure_classes":[],"trigger":"unknown","duration":null,"detection_method":"unknown","summary":"Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier sued OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman in Florida state court, alleging the company knowingly released an unsafe ChatGPT product that could harm users. The 83-page complaint claims ChatGPT aided mass shooters, drove vulnerable people toward suicide, harmed critical thinking and addicted minors. The state seeks to hold Altman personally liable and to force OpenAI to comply with the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Earlier, in April, the attorney general opened a criminal investigation into whether OpenAI bears responsibility for a 2025 Florida State University shooting, and that investigation will continue. Florida is the first state to sue OpenAI, and more than 20 lawsuits have been filed against the company over alleged ChatGPT harms.","tags":[],"date_detected":null,"near_miss":null,"root_cause":null,"root_cause_detail":null,"failure_class_detail":null,"responsible_party":null,"adversarial_actor":null,"input_provenance":null,"time_to_contain":null,"operations_paused":null,"remediation":null,"precursor_events":null},"impact":{"direct_loss_usd":null,"remediation_hours":null,"records_exposed":null,"third_parties_affected_count":null,"severity":"major","severity_because":"Regulator test met: the Florida Attorney General, a state regulator, is suing; more than 20 lawsuits are also stated, so many third parties are involved. 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Every harm is an allegation by the Florida Attorney General; no source finds the harms proven. No autonomous agent is described, so event.agent_involved, failure_class and related agent fields are left out. No trigger, root cause, detection method, duration, or loss figure is stated. No date of occurrence is stated for this lawsuit; the 2025 FSU shooting and February Tumbler Ridge shooting belong to other incidents the sources mention. date_disclosed 2026-06-01 is the CNBC source date and matches the stated 'Monday' filing day; the filing date itself is not written as a calendar date in the sources. The sources state OpenAI's safeguards, including parental controls, are alleged to be inadequate, but no specific control on the closed list is clearly stated as held, failed or missing, so links are empty. OpenAI's statements about new safety features (parental controls, age prediction) are not mapped to control ids because they do not match the closed list, so remediations are empty. Judgement: severity 'major' was chosen because a state regulator is involved and more than 20 lawsuits are stated; severity 'severe' was not chosen because harms are alleged, not established. The developer and model name come from the complaint's wording about OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot. The story 'reached' step draws on the NPR account of the lawsuit's allegations. Lifecycle stage production is inferred from the statement that the company released the product. 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