In April 2025, a man opened fire on Florida State University’s campus, killing two adults and injuring six others. The shooter faces charges of murder and attempted murder. Now, Florida officials are investigating OpenAI, the creator of the chatbot ChatGPT, to determine whether the company should be criminally held responsible as well.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said in an announcement on April 9 that officials “learned that ChatGPT may likely have been used to assist the murderer” in the shooting.
“As big tech rolls out these technologies, they should not, they cannot, put our safety and security at risk,” Uthmeier added.
On Tuesday, Uthmeier launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI and ChatGPT.
(Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in 2025, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)
Although ChatGPT and other chatbots have been involved in lawsuits over alleged involvement in deaths and harm,
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