OpenAI may have violated California’s AI safety law with latest model releases, AI watchdog says

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What happened

OpenAI has not followed the law with any of the models it released this year, the watchdog group says.

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  • Reported by Fortune and published Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:41:39 UTC.

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  1. OpenAI may have violated California’s AI safety law with latest model releases, AI watchdog says

  2. OpenAI’s Sam Altman says Paul Graham’s Y Combinator taught him how to govern, not rule: ‘We won’t get every decision right’

  3. After ‘tense negotiations’ with OpenAI, California enacts law named for teen who consulted ChatGPT before suicide. It could become a national standard

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