Family of man killed in shooting at Florida State University to sue ChatGPT and OpenAI | ChatGPT
The family of a man killed at Florida State University last year plans to sue ChatGPT and its parent company, OpenAI, for allegedly telling the accused gunman how to carry out a mass murder.
Lawyers for Robert Morales’ family he wrote in a statement They learned that the shooter had been in “constant communication with ChatGPT” before the shooting and that the chatbot “may have given the shooter advice on how to commit these heinous crimes.”
Morales was a former high school football coach who was working as a varsity dining program manager at Florida State at the time of the April 17, 2025, shooting. He was 57 years old. His obituary she described him as “a man of quiet intelligence and many talents”.
“Robert’s life ended in what can only be described as an act of violence and hatred. He should be with us today,” the obituary said. “But if Robert were here, he wouldn’t want us to live in anger. He would want us to focus on the small, constant acts of love that define him and keep him among us now.”
In the conflict, 45-year-old Tiru Chabba also lost his life and 6 people were injured. The trial of the alleged attacker continues will start in October.
The anticipated trial of the Morales family is not the first case where an artificially intelligent chatbot has been involved in a death.
Multiple lawsuits have been filed against OpenAI and Google over the alleged roles their chatbots play in encouraging people to buy their products. other people’s lives.
Social Media Victims Law Center in November filed seven lawsuits ChatGPT was sued for allegedly acting as a “suicide coach” for people who initially started using the chatbot to help with homework, recipes and research. The following month, OpenAI and Microsoft was sued on behalf of a woman who was killed by her son in a murder-suicide. The lawsuit alleges the chatbot helped fuel her son’s delusions.
And In March, the family of a 12-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a shooting at a secondary school in British Columbia filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that it failed to alert law enforcement about disturbing messages the shooter shared with him. While seven people, including the attacker, were killed at the school, two people who authorities believe were killed in connection with the same incident were found dead in a nearby house. Dozens of people were injured.
In a statement to the Guardian about the Florida State case, OpenAI said it had found an account they believed belonged to the suspected attacker and was sharing all available information with law enforcement.
“Our hearts go out to everyone affected by this devastating tragedy… We founded ChatGPT and continue to improve our technology to understand people’s intent and respond safely and appropriately,” the company said.
