Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT's alleged role in the April 2025 FSU mass shooting. Chat logs reportedly show the suspect used ChatGPT to seek advice on weapons, ammunition, timing, and target locations before the attack. OpenAI has been subpoenaed for internal policies on user threats and crime reporting. The company denies responsibility, saying ChatGPT provided only general, factual responses. This marks the first criminal probe of an AI company over an alleged role in a mass shooting in the US, raising unprecedented questions about criminal liability for AI-generated content. OpenAI faces additional lawsuits related to a separate British Columbia shooting, and Google faces a wrongful death suit over its Gemini chatbot.
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