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TJLP Statement on OpenAI Retiring Dangerous ChatGPT 4o Model

Jan 30, 2026

For Immediate Release: January 30, 2026 Contact: press@techjusticelaw.org Tech Justice Law Project Statement on OpenAI Retiring Dangerous ChatGPT 4o Model Tech Justice Law Project (TJLP) Executive Director Meetali Jain issued the following statement in response to news that OpenAI would retire ChatGPT-4o: “In just over a year and a half, we’ve seen OpenAI’s ChatGPT4o harm…
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TJLP Statement on OpenAI’s Announcement of ChatGPT’s Advertising Pivot

Jan 16, 2026

For Immediate Release: January 16, 2026 Contact: press@techjusticelaw.org Tech Justice Law Project Statement on OpenAI’s Announcement of ChatGPT’s Advertising Pivot Tech Justice Law Project (TJLP) Director of Legal & Strategy Sarah Kay Wiley issued the following statement in response to news that ChatGPT would begin targeting users through new ads: “The announcement that OpenAI will begin to…
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December 2025 Tech Litigation Roundup

Jan 15, 2026

Year Ends with a Bang, Not a Whisper: EU Issues First DSA Enforcement Fine, Prompting US Retaliation; OpenAI Sued by Victims of Murder-Suicide; Free Speech Challenge to ICEBlock Ban The Tech Litigation Roundup gathers and briefly analyzes notable lawsuits and court decisions across a variety of tech-and-law issues. This month’s roundup features the following cases:…
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TJLP Statement on the Introduction of ChatGPT Health

Jan 12, 2026

For Immediate Release: January 12, 2026 Contact: press@techjusticelaw.org Tech Justice Law Project Statement on the Introduction of ChatGPT Health Tech Justice Law Project (TJLP) Senior Staff Attorney Melodi Dinçer issued the following statement warning of the real-world harms associated with OpenAI’s introduction of ChatGPT Health: “Despite their marketing efforts, OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT Health is not…
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Tech Justice Law Project Statement on Trump Administration’s Executive Order Threatening States for Regulating AI Harms

Dec 16, 2025

Tech Justice Law Project (TJLP) Executive Director Meetali Jain and TJLP Policy Counsel Melodi Dinçer issued the following statement on President Trump’s Executive Order that attempts to undercut states’ constitutional right to combat harms posed by AI products to their citizens: “Our clients have helped people across the nation recognize the real harms posed by…
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November 2025 Tech Litigation Roundup

Dec 10, 2025

A Bad Month for Antitrust, Chatbot JCCP Looms, and More in Tech Litigation. The Tech Litigation Roundup gathers and briefly analyzes notable lawsuits and court decisions across a variety of tech-and-law issues. This month’s roundup covers the following cases: Related litigation is linked throughout the Roundup. TJLP would love to hear from you on how…
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October 2025 Tech Litigation Roundup

Nov 14, 2025

October sees a range of tech and law challenges, from constitutional to copyright and beyond. The Tech Litigation Roundup gathers and briefly analyzes notable lawsuits and court decisions across a variety of tech-and-law issues. This month’s roundup covers the following cases: Related litigation is linked throughout the roundup. We also spotlight reports on OpenAI’s discovery…
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Tech Justice Law Project and Social Media Victims Law Center lawsuits accuse ChatGPT of emotional manipulation, supercharging AI delusions, and acting as a “suicide coach”

Nov 6, 2025

Alleges OpenAI’s hurried release of GPT-4o lacked proper testing and safeguards, resulting in a product that isolated people from their human relationships and, for some, facilitated their deaths. SEATTLE — November 6, 2025 — Tech Justice Law Project and Social Media Victims Law Center have filed seven lawsuits in California state courts – alleging wrongful…
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TJLP Statement on Character.AI’s New Age Restriction

Oct 29, 2025

Character.AI raised their age limit from 13 to 18 and above following TJLP’s original lawsuit against the company, investigations from state attorneys general, and additional cases filed in recent weeks Tech Justice Law Project (TJLP) Executive Director Meetali Jain issued the following statement on Character.AI’s decision to raise their minimum age restriction to 18 and…
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A Teen in Love With a Chatbot Killed Himself. Can the Chatbot Be Held Responsible?

Oct 24, 2025

This article was originally published in The New York Times Magazine on October 24, 2025, written by Jesse Barron. Last February, Megan Garcia was putting her second-youngest son to bed when she heard what sounded like a mirror falling. She rushed down the hallway to the bathroom where her eldest son, Sewell, was taking a…
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