Florida investigating ChatGPT role in mass shooting at university

Florida on Tuesday announced a criminal probe into whether artificial intelligence played a role in a deadly mass shooting at a university in the US state.The decision to launch an investigation came after prosecutors reviewed exchanges between OpenAI chatbot ChatGPT and the suspected gunman, who opened fire at Florida-state-university" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="110742" data-entity-type="organization">Florida State University last year, according to state Attorney General James Uthmeier.“If ChatGPT were a person, it would be facing charges for murder,” Uthmeier said.Florida law allows anyone who assists or counsels someone in the commission of a crime to be treated as an “aider and abettor” bearing the same responsibility as the perpetrator, according to Uthmeier.In exchanges with ChatGPT, the accused shooter sought advice on what type of gun and ammunition to use, as well as where and when on campus a lot of people would likely be found, the state attorney general said during a press briefing.“Last year’s Florida-state-university" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="120258" data-entity-type="event">mass shooting at Florida-state-university" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="110742" data-entity-type="organization">Florida State University was a tragedy, but ChatGPT is not responsible for this terrible crime,” an OpenAI spokesperson said.