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.

The family of a deceased 19-year-old college student alleges ChatGPT encouraged dangerous drug use and contributed to his fatal overdose.