{"id":240835,"date":"2026-04-21T20:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240835\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:25:16","slug":"florida-launches-criminal-probe-into-openai-chatgpt-over-fsu-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/240835\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida launches criminal probe into OpenAI, ChatGPT over FSU shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI and its chatbot ChatGPT following a deadly shooting at Florida State University in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General James Uthmeier said the investigation is tied to a review of chat logs between the gunman and ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis criminal investigation will determine whether OpenAI bears criminal responsibility for ChatGPT\u2019s actions in the shooting at Florida State University last year,\u201d Uthmeier said.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORY | <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/us-news\/who-is-phoenix-ikner-what-we-know-about-the-suspected-fsu-gunman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Who is Phoenix Ikner? What we know about the suspected FSU gunman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>State officials said they have issued subpoenas to OpenAI seeking documents, including policies and training materials related to threats of harm to others, self-harm and cooperation with law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Two people were killed and several others were injured in the shooting. The gunman, who was also injured, was arrested and is facing multiple counts of murder and attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORY | <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/us-news\/crime\/lawmakers-react-after-deadly-shooting-at-florida-state-university\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lawmakers react after deadly shooting at Florida State University<\/a><\/p>\n<p>OpenAI has not publicly commented on the investigation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important that all are aware of the risks of this new technology, and the harms it can and has already caused in our communities,\u201d said Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Mark Glass.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI and its chatbot ChatGPT following a deadly shooting at Florida&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-240835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}