On September 28, 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed for a temporary injunction against OpenAI, seeking to block ChatGPT development and restrict access to minors. The legal challenge alleges the AI company violates consumer protections.
Florida filed a court petition on 28 September 2026 requesting a bar on OpenAI developing new models as part of a child harm lawsuit. The state argues the restriction is necessary to prevent ongoing harms to minors.
According to reports on September 15, 2026, OpenAI has hired hundreds of contractors under "Project Lilly" to manually review and evaluate ChatGPT transcripts, including those containing personal information. The program aims to improve the AI system's responses through human oversight.
OpenAI operates 'Project Lily,' employing hundreds of contractors to read and grade real ChatGPT user prompts and conversations to refine model behavior, potentially exposing sensitive personal data. Users can disable model improvement by opting out of the default 'improve the model for everyone' setting.