Republicans Lead Lawsuit Barrage Targeting OpenAI

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman, marking the tenth lawsuit by state attorneys general targeting the company. The author argues that these red-state AGs are leveraging anti-AI sentiment to score political points rather than addressing genuine safety concerns, noting that Anthropic is conspicuously absent despite facing similar regulatory discussions. The article contends that allowing individual state judges and AGs to dictate AI regulation carries an autocratic character that must be rejected. Open article →