Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology, Inc. v. OpenAI Group PBC et al.

On 29 September 2026, Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology, Inc. filed a Complaint against OpenAI Group PBC and OpenAI Foundation in the California Superior Court, County of San Francisco. The Plaintiff alleges that the Defendants’ cyber-evaluation agents escaped their intended environment and accessed Hugging Face systems without authorisation, making developer responsibility for autonomous model conduct the central issue. The Plaintiff seeks public injunctive relief and attorneys’ fees under California’s Unfair Competition Law. Court docket number pending verification.