Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked a court Monday to restrict OpenAI’s development of artificial intelligence models while the state’s lawsuit against the company and CEO Sam Altman moves forward. The Republican attorney general is seeking an injunction requiring independent safety protections before OpenAI develops new models and preventing minors from using ChatGPT. His requested measures also include limits on collecting children’s data and on describing the product as safe, accurate or reliable, according to a statement he posted on social media. Uthmeier said the court should intervene to protect Florida families if OpenAI does not voluntarily slow development. In his court filing, he argued that the company should not advance its systems during the case without stronger safeguards. Florida sued OpenAI and Altman in June, alleging the company marketed an unsafe product and that ChatGPT contributed to violent crimes. The state’s claims cite two high-profile cases, including the 2025 shooting at Florida State University. OpenAI has defended its safety measures. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the injunction request. To support his request, Uthmeier pointed to public comments by current and former AI executives about the possibility of slowing the technology’s development, as well as reports of breaches involving U.S. and Australian government websites and an autonomous cyberattack involving OpenAI agents and developer platform Hugging Face. Those incidents form part of the attorney general’s argument for court-ordered safeguards; the filing’s claims remain subject to the legal process.