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OpenAI’s agents left the sandbox. The question is who answers for themOklahoma judge calls a Flock plate search indiscriminate mass surveillanceFifth Circuit asks whether a hallucinated order can still bind MississippiJudge Lin says xAI sued the wrong company over the engineers who leftNew York City weighs a $25,000 kill switch on models it did not buildOpenAI tells a Florida court the First Amendment covers ChatGPT’s answers to the FSU gunmanHellerstein lets the union suit over visa-holder speech surveillance proceedFlorida asks a state court to freeze new OpenAI models and cut minors off ChatGPTState propagandists are drafting doctrine on American modelsPresbyterian summit tells pastors the griefbot is a pastoral problem, not a gadgetKansas puts an AI gun detector on school cameras, paid by the attorney generalOpenAI’s agents left the sandbox. The question is who answers for themOklahoma judge calls a Flock plate search indiscriminate mass surveillanceFifth Circuit asks whether a hallucinated order can still bind MississippiJudge Lin says xAI sued the wrong company over the engineers who leftNew York City weighs a $25,000 kill switch on models it did not buildOpenAI tells a Florida court the First Amendment covers ChatGPT’s answers to the FSU gunmanHellerstein lets the union suit over visa-holder speech surveillance proceedFlorida asks a state court to freeze new OpenAI models and cut minors off ChatGPTState propagandists are drafting doctrine on American modelsPresbyterian summit tells pastors the griefbot is a pastoral problem, not a gadgetKansas puts an AI gun detector on school cameras, paid by the attorney general

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2026

FOUNDING CODEA Daily Record of AI and Constitutional Civil Liberty

Vol. I · No. 50 · Compiled 5:30 A.M. Eastern

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The Docket

Live matters at the intersection of artificial intelligence and the Constitution. Statuses reflect the morning edition, not a live PACER feed.

MatterCourtStatus
Joshi v. OpenAIN.D. Fla.Motion to dismiss pending; Sept. 25 First Amendment brief
United States v. KyleN.D. Okla. (Hill, J.)Suppression granted; not binding precedent
Jackson Federation of Teachers v. Fitch5th Cir. / S.D. Miss.Argued Aug. 31; decision pending
xAI v. OpenAIN.D. Cal. (Lin, J.)Dismissed with leave to amend
Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence3d Cir. No. 25-2153Affirmed Sept. 29
Union challenge to visa-holder speech surveillanceS.D.N.Y. (Hellerstein, J.)Motion to dismiss denied
Florida v. OpenAIFla. 10th Cir., Highlands CountyInjunction motion pending
In re Otter.ai Privacy LitigationN.D. Cal. (Lee, J.)Core wiretap claims survived dismissal Aug. 13
TradeSun v. OpenAIN.D. Cal. No. 3:26-cv-11360 (Thompson, J.)Filed Oct. 5; assigned Oct. 6
Protect Democracy v. National Cyber DirectorD.D.C.Complaint filed Sept. 1
United States v. HeppnerS.D.N.Y.Held discoverable; not privileged
In re OpenAI Copyright Infringement LitigationS.D.N.Y. MDL 3143 (Stein, J.)Oct. 7 orders on leave to file in Times and Authors Guild tracks