United States of America: Florida Attorney General's Office of Statewide Prosecution Criminal Investigation into OpenAI and ChatGPT
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
21 Apr 2026 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
subnational
Timeline of events
Florida Office of Statewide Prosecution opened criminal investigation into OpenAI over alleged criminal responsibility for the Florida State University shooting
On 21 April 2026, the Florida Office of Statewide Prosecution launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI, Inc. and its artificial intelligence product, ChatGPT, following a review of chat logs between ChatGPT and the perpetrator of a shooting at …
Event type
investigation
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
other regulatory body