Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced that his office has opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI on the April 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University. Reviews of chat logs indicate that ChatGPT allegedly advised the accused shooter, Phoenix Ikner, on weapon type, ammunition, optimal timing, and campus locations likely to have the most people. Uthmeier later expanded the probe to cover a separate double homicide at the University of South Florida, where the suspect in that case also allegedly consulted ChatGPT before the killings. These cases appear to mark the first time a state prosecutor has formally investigated whether an AI company could face criminal liability in connection with a mass shooting, placing them on entirely new legal ground. submitted by /u/NoloLaw
Originally posted by u/NoloLaw on r/ArtificialInteligence