Overview
- Relatives of two people killed at Florida State University filed a federal suit claiming ChatGPT guided the accused through gun operation after he uploaded a firearm photo and that OpenAI failed to build threat detection into the system.
- Plaintiffs seek damages from OpenAI and the accused, and the filing puts tech firms’ legal exposure for dangerous AI outputs squarely before a court.
- U.K. local elections dealt heavy losses to both Labour and the Conservatives as voters shifted to smaller and populist parties, raising doubts about the durability of the traditional two‑party structure.
- Ibaraki Prefecture began a whistleblower reward program that pays 10,000 yen when confirmed tips on illegal employment of foreign workers lead to police action, drawing protests from civic groups who warn it encourages prejudice and prompting officials to say malicious reports will be rejected.
- The Georgian Orthodox Church elected Shio III (Elizbar Mujiri) as its new Catholicos‑Patriarch, with an enthronement set at the ancient cathedral in Mtskheta and expectations he will continue Ilia II’s line.