Can an AI company be held criminally responsible for how its chatbot is used? Florida officials are now investigating OpenAI after authorities linked ChatGPT use to the accused FSU shooter and another homicide case near USF.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier opened an investigation into OpenAI over whether the company “bears criminal responsibility” for a shooting at Florida State University last year.

Florida's attorney general announced Tuesday that his office has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI after reviewing conversation logs between its generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, and a Florida State University student accused of killing two ...