TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Attorneys for one of the victims killed in the 2025 FSU campus shooting will announce a lawsuit a lawsuit against ChatGPT and its creator, OpenAI.
Tiru Chabba was one of two people killed and six others injured when investigators say Phoenix Ikner opened fire on campus in April 2025. Chabba was on campus working as a vendor for a food service company when he was shot. He was a father of two.
His family’s attorneys announced the lawsuit, which alleges negligence against ChatGPT, on Monday.
Lawyers claimed OpenAI has acknowledged it’s dangers and claimed the company has “put the dollar above the every day human.”
Attorney’s cited chat logs between Ikner and ChatGPT leading up to the shooting, saying the shooting was preventable.
“If Phoenix Ikner had been speaking to a human about these plans, a human would have escalated it to another human,” one attorney said.
“He used ChatGPT as a co-conspirator to commit mass murder,” attorney Bakari Sellers said.
One attorney said ChatGPT needed to eliminate issues before it was put to market, saying the full extent of what the program could lead to isn’t known.
Attorneys raised concerns about the use of ChatGPT, especially in young people. “Teenagers use ChatGPT as their personal life coach,” one attorney said.
Attorney Jim Bannister, who represents the Chabba family, expressed the family’s gratitude for those who have stepped in to help them.
“They want everyone to know how thankful they are for everyone who has stepped in to be physically present,” Bannister said. “This lawsuit is uncomfortable.”
This marks the second lawsuit against ChatGPT for its role in last year’s campus shooting.
The legal team representing Robert Morales, the other victim killed in the shooting, have announced plans to file a lawsuit against ChatGPT, claiming the suspected gunman had “constant communication” with the AI chatbot before the shooting.
This story will be updated as we learn more about the lawsuit.
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