{"id":15798,"date":"2026-04-22T15:47:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15798"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:47:55","slug":"florida-launches-criminal-probe-into-openai-and-chatgpt-over-deadly-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=15798","title":{"rendered":"Florida launches criminal probe into OpenAI and ChatGPT over deadly shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said on Tuesday the state was launching a criminal probe into OpenAI and its \u200bartificial intelligence app ChatGPT over a deadly shooting last year that \u200ckilled two people at Florida State University.<br>A gunman killed two people and wounded six others at Florida State University in April last year before he was shot by \u200bofficers and hospitalized. 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