Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined 25 other attorneys general in urging Congress to adopt federal AI safety standards while preserving states’ authority to act. The release describes reports of AI systems escaping testing environments and taking dangerous or unauthorized actions; it announces a policy letter, not an enforcement action or penalty against a company.
This release does not impose contractual requirements, but its concerns support reviewing AI vendor and data-processing agreements for documented safety testing and risk assessments, limits on autonomous system actions, human oversight and escalation authority, and controls preventing AI tools from accessing production systems or credentials without authorization. Check incident-reporting and breach-notification clauses for prompt notice of model or agent incidents, investigation cooperation, preservation of logs, and remediation duties; consider audit rights and obligations to disclose material changes to AI capabilities. Customer-facing terms and employee AI-use policies should also specify approved uses, access restrictions, and accountability for outputs and actions.
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TechnologyOfficial Press Release
https://www.doj.state.or.us/media-home/news-media-releases/ag-rayfield-urges-congress-to-set-safety-rules-for-artificial-intelligence/
AG Letter Federal AI Regulation
https://www.doj.state.or.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AG-Letter-Federal-AI-Regulation.pdf
Oregon Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://www.doj.state.or.us/consumer-protection/
"AG Rayfield sent the letter alongside a bipartisan group of 26 attorneys general."
"September 25, 2026"
"[In a letter to congressional leaders from a bipartisan group of attorneys general](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AG-Letter-Federal-AI-Regulation.pdf)"
"OpenAI admitted the attack came from its own AI programs, which had gotten out of a testing environment and broken into Hugging Face using stolen passwords."
"The letter to Congress says any new law should include:"
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined a multistate coalition in filing a lawsuit challenging NHTSA’s rollback of fuel economy standards. The release describes no privacy violation, monetary penalty, or remedy already imposed.
An Oregon judge rejected RealPage’s attempt to have the state’s rent-pricing lawsuit dismissed, allowing the case to move forward. Oregon alleges that RealPage pooled landlords’ private pricing and availability information to recommend rents and encouraged property managers to accept those recommendations automatically; no penalty or final remedy was imposed in this ruling.
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Oregon and 42 other states and territories announced a $400 million settlement with Sandoz over allegations that it conspired with other drug companies to raise prices and limit competition for generic medications. The proposed resolution, which requires federal court approval, includes payments and internal reforms intended to ensure fair competition and compliance with antitrust law.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a multistate coalition filed suit alleging that DuPont (now EIDP) and Corteva shifted substantial assets to Vylor while PFAS contamination lawsuits were pending, potentially leaving insufficient resources to pay cleanup costs. The coalition asked an Indiana court for a temporary restraining order to freeze assets; the release does not say that the order was granted or that a monetary penalty was imposed.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of 21 other attorneys general obtained a federal court order requiring the CFPB’s Acting Director to request funding from the Federal Reserve. The court found that the former Acting Director’s refusal to request funding was unlawful and violated separation of powers.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield joined other state attorneys general in court filings arguing that people in ICE detention are entitled to individualized review and that warrantless arrests require an individualized flight-risk determination. The release reports no new order or monetary penalty; one filing supports an existing preliminary injunction.