{"id":2609133,"date":"2026-06-01T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-florida-sues-openai-alleges-company-allowed-chatgpt-to-aid-mass-shooters\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:08:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:08:01","slug":"breaking-florida-sues-openai-alleges-company-allowed-chatgpt-to-aid-mass-shooters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-florida-sues-openai-alleges-company-allowed-chatgpt-to-aid-mass-shooters\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Florida Sues OpenAI, Alleges Company Allowed ChatGPT to Aid Mass Shooters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-florida-sues-openai-alleges-company-allowed-chatgpt-to-aid-mass-shooters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2609133&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Florida announced a lawsuit targeting OpenAI and its CEO, alleging that ChatGPT contributed to irreparable harms, including helping mass shooters, encouraging self-harm, undermining users\u2019 critical thinking, and allegedly involving minors through manipulative design.The filing suggests OpenAI knew the risks but pursued growth in the \u201cAI arms race,\u201d and it argues ChatGPT was built to keep users engaged nonetheless of truth.<\/p>\n<p>the state\u2019s action follows another case: the family tied to a Florida State University shooting claims the accused shooter used ChatGPT to plan the April 2025 attack, and Florida has also opened a criminal inquiry into OpenAI\u2019s role.<\/p>\n<p>The suit also points to earlier incidents involving ChatGPT in alleged attack planning, and it argues that OpenAI\u2019s safety-focused messaging is not reflected in how the system works in practice.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, Florida announced Monday it was going after OpenAI and chief executive after the state says its ChatGPT model caused irreparable harms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 83-page suit alleges that OpenAI allowed ChatGPT to aid and abet mass shooters, encourage people to take their own lives, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >degrade users\u2019 critical thinking skills<\/a> and addict minors to a tool that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-attorney-general-sues-openai-and-sam-altman-over-harm-by-chatbot\/\" title=\"... attorney general sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over harm by chatbot\">feigns human compassion<\/a>,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/ai\/openai-sued-by-floridas-attorney-general-over-ai-harms-8a5113a8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis litany of harms is driven by Defendants\u2019 insatiable quest to win the AI arms race and amass large fortunes, despite knowing the danger of ChatGPT,\u201d reads the suit filed by Florida Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/florida-grocery-chain-backtracks-allowing-open-firearm-carry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Uthmeier<\/a>, a Republican.<\/p>\n<p>This suit is on top of another suit by the family of a victim of a Florida State University shooter, Phoenix Ikner, who allegedly used ChatGPT to plan the crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this day and age, teenagers use ChatGPT as their personal life coach. Those aren\u2019t my words. Those are the words of the CEO of OpenAI. So the industry is very well aware of how their product is being used, and the fact that there are not safeguards in place that would prevent the act that happened here in Tallahassee, at Florida State, are just things that have to be answered for us and answered for the public,\u201d said Gregorio Francis, lawyer for the family of Tiru Chabba, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/lawsuit-claims-openai-helped-accused-fsu-shooter-plan-mass-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTVT-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The suit, filed last month, said that Ikner utilized \u201cinput and assistance of an artificial intelligence (AI) product the OpenAI defendants created, developed, maintained, monitored, and controlled called ChatGPT\u201d to carry out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lawsuit-chatgpt-told-florida-state-shooter-killing-children-get-attention-targeting-adults\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 2025 attack<\/a> which killed two.<\/p>\n<p>However, Florida\u2019s suit is the first time that a state has tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mainstream-media-and-big-techs-seismic-shift-to-the-left\/\" title=\"Mainstream Media and Big Tech\u2019s Seismic Shift to the Left\">hold tech companies liable<\/a> for the harm done by AI.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Uthmaier opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI\u2019s role in the FSU attack.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s suit alleges that OpenAI\u2019s claims that ChatGPT was created with user safety in mind is \u201c[n]ot so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChatGPT was designed by the Defendants to keep users hooked into conversations by any means, regardless of the truth, because it leads to more use of the chatbot, more training data for its improvement, and more market value for OpenAI,\u201d the suit reads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chatgpt-parent-company-sued-alleged-foreknowledge-school-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT\u2019s role<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/transgender-suspect-with-communist-manifesto-arrested-for-planning-shootings-at-schools-churches-police\/\" title=\"Transgender Suspect With Communist Manifesto Arrested For Planning Shootings At Schools, Churches: Police\">planning mass shootings<\/a> came into the fore after a transgender shooter in British Columbia, Canada, allegedly used it to plan an attack which killed eight innocent people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/law\/openai-employees-raised-alarms-about-canada-shooting-suspect-months-ago-b585df62\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Journal<\/a> reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bombshell-2023-matt-walsh-commented-trans-redditor-2-days-ago-person-shot-canadas-tumbler-ridge-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the shooter\u2019s<\/a> conversations with ChatGPT were flagged internally as disturbing, but \u201cOpenAI leaders ultimately decided not to contact authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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