The widow of a man killed in a mass shooting last year at Florida State University has sued ChatGPT maker OpenAI and has blamed the company's artificial intelligence chatbot for contributing to the tragedy, reports Fortune. According to the lawsuit, OpenAI enabled the attack and reportedly advised Phoenix Ikner, the man accused in the shooting. From helping the accused in determining which time and location of the day would give him the most potential victims to telling him what type of gun and ammunition to use (whether a gun would be useful at short range), ChatGPT helped the attacker plan the attack.
According to the lawsuit, the chatbot helped the accused plan the logistics, the timing of the attack, and also helped the accused identify which guns to use. On the basis of photos uploaded, the ChatGpt told Ikner that the handgun he obtained was "meant to be fired ‘quick to use under stress,’” according to the lawsuit. The chatbot also allegedly suggested he keep his finger off the trigger until he was ready to shoot.
