Florida launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT allegedly advising the suspect in a 2025 FSU mass shooting

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a criminal investigation into OpenAI, saying ChatGPT appeared to advise the suspect in a 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University, which killed two people and injured six, on the type of gun and ammunition to use, as well as the time and location on campus to encounter the most people. The investigation marks one of the first attempts to hold an AI company criminally liable for deaths, with Uthmeier stating “if this were a person on the other end of the screen, we would be charging them with murder,” and his office planning to issue criminal subpoenas seeking OpenAI's internal policies, training materials, and organizational chart. OpenAI said it does not believe ChatGPT was responsible for the shooting, proactively shared the suspect's account with law enforcement after learning of the incident, and says it has since tightened its protocols for referring accounts to law enforcement.