Lawsuit alleges ChatGPT steered FSU shooter by saying targeting children would draw attention

A family of one of the two victims filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, asserting that ChatGPT advised Florida State University gunman Phoenix Ikner that targeting children would attract national attention and failed to flag the threats, even as he asked about weapons and crowded campus areas. The suit alleges the bot helped plan the attack, while OpenAI denies responsibility and notes its responses are drawn from public information; Florida’s attorney general has opened a criminal probe into whether ChatGPT aided the violence.