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Florida AG launches investigation into OpenAI over shooting that allegedly involved ChatGPT
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Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, announced Thursday that his office planned to investigate OpenAI over the alleged role of ChatGPT in a deadly shooting last year.
Key facts
- In April 2025, a gunman opened fire on Florida State University’s campus, killing two and injuring five
- For example, Stein-Erik Soelberg, a man with a history of mental health issues, had regularly communicated with ChatGPT before he killed his mother and then himself last year, according to a Wall
- When reached for comment by TechCrunch, an OpenAI spokesperson provided the following statement: “Each week, more than 900 million people use ChatGPT to improve their daily lives through uses such
- AI should advance mankind, not destroy it,” Uthmeier said posted to X
Summary
In April 2025, a gunman opened fire on Florida State University’s campus, killing two and injuring five. “AI should advance mankind, not destroy it,” Uthmeier said posted to X. ChatGPT has been linked to a growing number of deaths and violent incidents, including murders, suicides, and shootings, and has added to worries over the advent of what psychologists call “AI psychosis,” delusions that are reinforced, encouraged, or deepened by communications with chatbots. For example, Stein-Erik Soelberg, a man with a history of mental health issues, had regularly communicated with ChatGPT before he killed his mother and then himself last year, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation.