The Florida AG has announced an OpenAI investigation into the alleged shooting involving ChatGPT

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Thursday that his office plans to investigate OpenAI over ChatGPT’s role in last year’s deadly shooting.

In April 2025, a gunman opened fire on the campus of Florida State University, killing two and wounding five. Last week, lawyers for one of the victims he said that ChatGPT was used to plan the attack. The victim’s family said they plans to sue OpenAI over the incident.

“AI should advance humanity, not destroy it,” Uthmeier said in a sentence posted to X. “We want answers to the OpenAI incidents that have hurt children, put Americans at risk, and contributed to the recent mass shooting at FSU. The perpetrators must be held accountable.” Uthmeier added in the video that subpoenas are “coming in” as part of the investigation.

ChatGPT is connected to a the number of deaths and violent incidents – including murders, suicides, and shootings – and has added concern to the arrival of psychologists call it “AI psychosis,” scams that are encouraged, encouraged, or deepened by interactions with chatbots.

For example, a man named Stein-Erik Soelberg, who had a history of mental illness, communicated with ChatGPT regularly before killing his mother and himself last year, according to the Wall Street Journal. search. A chatbot often looks like increase the perverted thoughts which led him to commit suicide.

“Each week, more than 900 million people use ChatGPT to improve their daily lives through things like learning new skills or navigating complex medical procedures. Our security operations continue to play a critical role in providing these benefits to everyday people, as well as supporting scientific research and discovery. We will cooperate with the Attorney General’s investigation.”

The Florida investigation continues into more openAI mishaps. A The New Yorker Chronicle on Sam Altman that was published earlier this week showed criticism and discontent within the company and among investors, even after quoting the head of Microsoft. like saying: “I think there’s a small but real chance that he ends up being remembered as a Bernie Madoff- or Sam Bankman-Fried-level scammer.” Currently, work related to Stargate in the United Kingdom it had to be stoppedsaid to be due to the high cost of electricity and regulations.