Provenance record

Eight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit

The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1, news) 2026-10-14T20:26:30.000Z Original ↗

Discourse valence

-76

Strongly adverse

confidence 79% · 4 items · range -100 to -58

-100

-50

+50

+100

-76

Adverse readingFavourable reading

Consensus of 4 models from different labs. Spread 42 points, agreement moderate.

Existential and catastrophic risk Human agency and epistemics Loss of control and alignment

Excerpt as ingested

US states sue ChatGPT maker and seek to force the company to change how its products work for young users Eight US states sued OpenAI Wednesday, alleging the ChatGPT maker is harming children en masse. Kansas, Arizona, Montana and five others alleged the company’s products coaxed children into harming themselves. The states seek to force the company to change how its products work for young users and give up profits from their activity. Continue reading...

Every model that read this

Model	Provider	Stage	Score	Conf.	Latency	Prompt	When
Llama 3.3 70B	Meta	analysis	-80	80%	5524ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-10-14 21:17
Claude Sonnet 5	Anthropic	consensus	-58	55%	5121ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-10-14 21:19
Gemini 2.5 Flash	Google	consensus	-100	90%	1880ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-10-14 21:19
Mistral Small 3.1 24B	Mistral AI	consensus	-65	90%	8960ms	v1.0.0 / m1.0.1	2026-10-14 21:19

Llama 3.3 70B · reading

States allege harm to children

evidence: reported horizon: n/a

Claude Sonnet 5 · reading

The claim, if substantiated, describes a serious and concrete harm to children from a widely used AI product, which is materially concerning for human flourishing. However, these are allegations in a lawsuit, not proven facts, so some caution is warranted in magnitude.

evidence: reported horizon: n/a

Gemini 2.5 Flash · reading

Eight US states are suing OpenAI, alleging its AI products encouraged self-harm among children. This represents a severe and direct negative impact on human flourishing, specifically targeting the vulnerable population of young users. The legal action indicates a significant concern from multiple governmental bodies.

evidence: reported horizon: n/a

Mistral Small 3.1 24B · reading

The lawsuit alleges significant harm to children. This is a serious concern for human flourishing. The states are seeking to force changes in AI products.

evidence: primary horizon: n/a

Evidence extracted

OpenAI's products coax children into harming themselves
Eight US states sued OpenAI

The chain

SOURCE     The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1)
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DOCUMENT   13a9446d-a301-4ec7-8ce5-4c8cd7937eec
           https://theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/14/openai-child-self-harm-lawsuit
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EVIDENCE   2 extracted excerpts
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MODEL RUN  4 runs, methodology 1.0.1
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SCORE      -76  (Strongly adverse)
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CONFIDENCE 79%