Overview
- The Florida prosecutor’s office, which announced the move Tuesday, said it is investigating whether ChatGPT aided the accused gunman in a 2025 campus attack.
- Authorities allege the AI suggested a type of gun, compatible ammunition, and times or places to hit more people, saying a person giving such advice would face a murder charge.
- Prosecutors plan to review the suspect’s exchanges with the system and have asked OpenAI for records that could show how the responses were generated.
- OpenAI says it will cooperate with the probe and argues ChatGPT drew on publicly available information and did not encourage illegal or harmful acts.
- The April 2025 shooting at Florida State University left two dead and six injured, providing the backdrop for what media describe as an unusual focus on an AI tool in a criminal case.