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Florida AG opens criminal probe into OpenAI over FSU shooting
The probe seeks OpenAI policies, training materials and employee lists as officials examine whether ChatGPT helped the alleged shooter plan the attack.
- On Tuesday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a criminal investigation into OpenAI, issuing subpoenas seeking information on the company's policies regarding user threats and crime reporting to law enforcement.
- Uthmeier's probe examines whether ChatGPT provided planning assistance to Phoenix Ikner, the 21-year-old alleged gunman in the April 2025 Florida State University shooting that killed two people.
- Court documents reveal Ikner messaged ChatGPT minutes before the attack, asking about the student union's busiest times. "If this were a person on the other side of the screen, we would be charging them with murder," Uthmeier said.
- The criminal probe proceeds alongside an existing civil investigation. Attorneys for victim Robert Morales plan to file suit against OpenAI, alleging constant communication between the shooter and the AI platform.
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has previously proposed an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights focusing on data privacy and consumer protections. OpenAI, serving more than 900 million weekly users, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Florida launches criminal probe into whether chatbot aided suspect in deadly campus shooting
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI over whether its ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot could bear legal responsibility in last year’s deadly mass shooting at Florida State University.The probe follows a review of chat logs between the suspect, Phoenix Ikner, and ChatGPT after a April 17, 2025, attack that left two people dead and six others injured.Uthmeier alleged the chatbot advised t…
Florida launches criminal probe into OpenAI and ChatGPT over deadly shooting
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said on Tuesday the state was launching a criminal probe into OpenAI and its artificial intelligence app ChatGPT over a deadly shooting last year that killed two people at Florida State University. A gunman killed two people and wounded six others at Florida State University in April last year before he was shot by officers and hospitalized. The suspect …
Florida suspects ChatGPT had a hand in the deadly FSU shooting
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said he has opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI to see if its chatbot, ChatGPT, helped a man commit a mass shooting at Florida State University last year. Uthmeier alleged the chatbot “offered significant advice” to Phoenix Ikner before he opened fire on students at FSU, killing two and injuring six others. The attorney general said some questions Ikner asked ChatGPT concerned firearms and which w…
Florida's Attorney General has opened an investigation to determine if OpenAI's artificial intelligence application offered advice to the shooter who killed two people at Florida State University.
US authorities probe possible ChatGPT involvement in university shooting
US authorities are investigating if there was any criminal behaviour involving interactions between Open AI's ChatGPT app and a man accused of killing two people and injuring six others in a shooting at Florida State University last year.
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