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Watch CNBC's full interview with Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers

In a CNBC interview of about seven minutes, Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers explains why Nebraska is one of eight states suing OpenAI over ChatGPT and children, what the states want changed, and why OpenAI is singled out from other AI companies.

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Why it matters

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What it means for you

Eight states say ChatGPT was marketed to parents as suitable for teenagers when it was not safe; the suits are meant to show parents where to turn.

For lawmakers

State attorneys general are using long-standing consumer-protection law against an AI product, without waiting for new AI-specific rules.

For researchers

The complaint reportedly cites individual cases and a claimed erosion of safety processes at OpenAI; these are allegations, not findings.

The question it raises

If AI makers are held responsible like sellers of any other product, responsibility for harm shifts from users and regulators to the builders.

In their own words

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“ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS UNIQUE TO OPENAI IS THAT THEY MARKET THEIR CHAT PRODUCT TO KIDS.”
Mike Hilgers, Nebraska Attorney GeneralExplaining the states' core claim of deceptive marketing against OpenAI.
Found word for word in the sourceHear it at 3:08 ↗starts inside a longer claim, right after “so”
“ONE OF THE REASONS, KELLY, WE'VE TRIED TO DO THE LAWSUIT IS TO ENSURE THAT PARENTS KNOW WHERE TO TURN WHEN THINGS HAVE HAPPENED TO THEIR CHILDREN.”
Mike Hilgers, Nebraska Attorney GeneralAnswering whether harm occurred in Nebraska itself; Hilgers says the examples in the complaint are not from the state.
Found word for word in the sourceHear it at 1:19 ↗
“A LOT OF PUBLISHED REPORTS ABOUT REALLY THE WEAKNESS AND MAYBE THE EROSION OF THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT ARE IN PLACE AT OPENAI.”
Mike Hilgers, Nebraska Attorney GeneralGiving the second reason for singling out OpenAI rather than other AI companies.
Found word for word in the sourceHear it at 4:50 ↗
“I THINK IT'S ENORMOUSLY CRITICAL FOR THE UNITED STATES TO WIN THE AI RACE, BECAUSE ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE CAN DO ON A DEFENSIVE POSTURE IS TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY FRONTIER BASED MODELS”
Mike Hilgers, Nebraska Attorney GeneralResponding to the host on AI models hacking businesses, after agreeing that users and builders share responsibility.
Found word for word in the sourceHear it at 6:36 ↗

The record

Questions
Who can demand evidence, delay a release or stop an unsafe deployment? · How is AI changing childhood, health and daily life?
People
Mike Hilgers (Speaks, Nebraska Attorney General) · David Solomon (Mentioned, CEO, Goldman Sachs)
Also covered by
NBC News · CNN · CNBC Television
What we read
We could read only part of the source.
Found by
The Radar, run of October 16, 2026, via yt-cnbc-television (tier 1: the source’s own channel or an official record)
Cite this
CNBC Television, “Watch CNBC's full interview with Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers”, October 15, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/cnbc-2026-10-15-nebraska-ag-hilgers-openai
Our notesThe saved transcript is all capitals and stops mid-sentence near the end (about the Bank of America story), so the last part of the interview was not read. Speaker is the interviewee named in the host's introduction. The host is addressed only as Kelly in the transcript, so no host is listed in people. No engine file seen, so transcript type assumed to be captions.