OpenAI has been hit with subpoenas from multiple states investigating whether ChatGPT adequately protects users from potential harm, according to reporting. The probe comes shortly after OpenAI filed for a highly anticipated IPO with U.S. securities regulators. The company said it will respond “constructively” and that it already has measures in place to protect customers. The inquiry adds to a rising enforcement and litigation backdrop, including criticism over alleged self-harm and criminal content, as well as separate government and lawsuit-driven scrutiny. Separately, the U.S. Commerce Department imposed national security export controls on Anthropic’s newest frontier models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, restricting access for foreign nationals inside and outside the U.S. Anthropic said it disabled the models after receiving the directive, while dissenting from the government’s rationale and arguing it was not a “jailbreak” in the commonly understood sense. Taken together, the actions signal that higher education’s AI governance agenda—covering safety, privacy, compliance, and responsible deployment—will increasingly intersect with state-level investigations and national security frameworks rather than voluntary best practices alone.