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Florida to open criminal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT’s influence on alleged mass shooter

State attorney general said inquiry will look into whether AI tool offered ‘significant advice’ to campus shooting suspect Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Florida’s top prosecutor is to launch a criminal investigation into how the tech company OpenAI and its software tool ChatGPT may influence users’ threats of harm to themselves or others, including whether it “offered significant advice” to a gunman accused of conducting a mass shooting in the state last year. State attorney general James Uthmeier said at a news conference on Tuesday that his office is expanding an examination of OpenAI, saying a “criminal investigation is necessary” and the state had issued subpoenas to the $852bn California-based tech firm. “If this were a person on the other end of the screen, we would be charging them with murder,” Uthmeier said during an event in Tampa. Earlier this month, Uthmeier, an appointee of Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, announced an investigation into the artificial intelligence company over potential national security and safety concerns. But the issuing of subpoenas to OpenAI is a marked escalation that comes a

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ChatGPT Is Weirdly Obsessed With Goblins. Here's How OpenAI Fixed It - CNET

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Apr 30, 2026·CNETT2 · Outlet reportLATEST
ChatGPT Is Weirdly Obsessed With Goblins. Here's How OpenAI Fixed It - CNET

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Apr 30, 2026·TechCrunchT2 · Outlet report
OpenAI announces new advanced security for ChatGPT accounts, including a partnership with Yubico | TechCrunch

Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. OpenAI is…

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Apr 30, 2026·GizmodoT2 · Outlet reportKEY MOMENT
'The Goblins Came Back to Haunt Us': OpenAI Explains How ChatGPT's 'Nerdy' Personality Got Out of Control

Earlier this week, OpenAI posted a document on GitHub as part of the open-sourcing of its coding agent, Codex CLI, that revealed an unusual system prompt for GPT-5.5. The model was explicitly instructed, in coding…

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Apr 29, 2026·The VergeT2 · Outlet report
ChatGPT downloads are slowing — and may cause problems for OpenAI’s IPO

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Apr 29, 2026·Ars TechnicaT2 · Outlet reportKEY MOMENT
School-shooting lawsuits accuse OpenAI of hiding violent ChatGPT users

Lawsuits: OpenAI didn’t report ChatGPT user to cops to protect Altman, IPO. OpenAI could have prevented one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canada’s history, a string of seven lawsuits filed Wednesday in a California…

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Apr 28, 2026·GizmodoT2 · Outlet report
The Start of OpenAI's Trial Against Elon Musk Wasn't the Worst Thing That Happened to Sam Altman Today

Elon Musk took the stand in a California courtroom today to ask for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s ousting. Still, it wasn’t the worst thing that happened to the executive on Tuesday. That’s because on Monday night, the Wall…

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Apr 28, 2026·The VergeT2 · Outlet report
“Microsoft unlocked with OpenAI a virtuous cycle.”

All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI According to Microsoft’s lawyer Russell Cohen, making his opening argument in Musk v. Altman, saying that each round of funding (including across the…

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Apr 27, 2026·The VergeT2 · Outlet reportKEY MOMENT
All of the updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle over OpenAI

Sam Altman and Elon Musk are facing off in a high-stakes trial that could alter the future of OpenAI and its most well-known product, ChatGPT. In 2024, Musk filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its founding…

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New Orleans mass shooting plan was thwarted by network of law enforcement. Here’s what we know | CNN

Law enforcement across three states thwarted the plans of an experienced former cop who they say expressed a desire to harm Black people and threatened to carry out a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival. North…

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Florida to open criminal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT’s influence on alleged mass shooter

State attorney general said inquiry will look into whether AI tool offered ‘significant advice’ to campus shooting suspect Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Florida’s…

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T2 · Outlet reportCNETApr 30, 2026

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T2 · Outlet reportTechCrunchApr 30, 2026

Last day to exhibit your breakthrough to 10,000+ tech leaders at Disrupt is on Oct 2. Book Exhibit Table Now. Disrupt doors open Oct. 13. Get your pass and bring someone with you at 50% off. REGISTER NOW. OpenAI is getting serious about…

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T2 · Outlet reportGizmodoApr 30, 2026

Earlier this week, OpenAI posted a document on GitHub as part of the open-sourcing of its coding agent, Codex CLI, that revealed an unusual system prompt for GPT-5.5. The model was explicitly instructed, in coding contexts, to never talk…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe VergeApr 29, 2026

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T2 · Outlet reportArs TechnicaApr 29, 2026

Lawsuits: OpenAI didn’t report ChatGPT user to cops to protect Altman, IPO. OpenAI could have prevented one of the deadliest mass shootings in Canada’s history, a string of seven lawsuits filed Wednesday in a California court alleged.…

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T2 · Outlet reportGizmodoApr 28, 2026

Elon Musk took the stand in a California courtroom today to ask for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s ousting. Still, it wasn’t the worst thing that happened to the executive on Tuesday. That’s because on Monday night, the Wall Street Journal…

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