Motion for injunction: ChatGPT must not appear human

The US state of Florida has filed a motion for a temporary injunction against OpenAI. The court is asked to prohibit various OpenAI practices -- including that ChatGPT talks as if it were human.

The core of the lawsuit (26000295GCAXMX) concerns the following points:

1. OpenAI should not release AI models without safety measures approved by a third party.
2. OpenAI should no longer encourage users to further interaction. This refers to the paragraphs at the end of most GPT responses, in which the language model asks for more information or offers to take on a further task for the user. This drives customers in directions they may not want to go and can lead to harm, according to the injunction.
3. OpenAI should not advertise ChatGPT as “safe,” because it is not.
4. ChatGPT should not claim to have human attributes, such as feelings, character traits, or an independent view of things. This lulls users into a false sense of security and risks them perceiving the chatbot as a “friend”.
5. OpenAI should ensure that children under thirteen cannot actually use ChatGPT.

All of this violates the “Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act” and should therefore be prohibited by temporary injunction until a decision is made in the main lawsuit.

There is a larger lawsuit in the background

This lawsuit by Florida against OpenAI, filed on June 1, 2026, also concerns, among other things, that ChatGPT should no longer advertise its products as “safe” if they are not. The collection and processing of data from children under 13 is also an issue here.

The temporary injunction refers, among other things, to Sam Altman’s hearing before the UN Security Council, in which he said they should not develop AI that they cannot most likely control. The injunction now argues: If OpenAI also sees it that way, they should stick to it -- if not, this injunction should enforce it through legal means.

OpenAI is currently facing various other lawsuits: Among others, 30 other victims of the school massacre in Tumbler Ridge have sued the ChatGPT operator because the company did not inform the authorities despite internal warnings about the perpetrator’s propensity for violence.

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