{"id":21855,"date":"2026-04-29T17:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/21855\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T17:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:34:12","slug":"florida-ag-teams-with-state-attorney-looks-into-role-chatgpt-had-in-usf-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/21855\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida AG teams with State Attorney, looks into role ChatGPT had in USF murders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 The Office of the State Attorney (13th Judicial Circuit) said State Attorney Suzy Lopez and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will partner to examine the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/news\/state\/criminal-investigation-into-openai-to-include-the-usf-murders-florida-ag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">role artificial intelligence may play in criminal activity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/news\/region-hillsborough\/court-documents-detail-timeline-and-evidence-in-usf-student-double-homicide-case\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Court documents show the suspect in the murders of two USF students, Hisham Abugharbieh<\/a>, used ChatGPT to search &#8220;What happens if a human has a put in a black garbage bag and thrown in a dumpster.&#8221; ChatGPT answered, &#8220;That sounds dangerous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The state attorney said the Attorney General will appoint two statewide prosecutors on the USF case. They will examine:<\/p>\n<p>Defendant Abugharbieh\u2019s interactions with ChatGPT.Assess whether those interactions contributed to the commission of crimes.Evaluate any potential legal responsibility of ChatGPT and its developer, OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay 28 anchor Nadeen Yanes spoke with former prosecutor Janae Thomas about the reported suspect&#8217;s use of ChatGPT and whether it can be used in court.<\/p>\n<p>Watch report from Nadeen Yanes<\/p>\n<p>Attorney talks about ChatGPT and the use of it in court<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/news\/state\/florida-ag-opens-openai-investigation-after-chatgpt-records-surface-in-fsu-shooting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Attorney General Uthmeier announced on April 9<\/a> his office was opening an investigation into OpenAI for records related to the 2025 FSU shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The state attorney said it will work with the attorney general not only on this case, but all cases where artificial intelligence plays a role in criminal activity.<\/p>\n<p>USF announced a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay28.com\/news\/region-hillsborough\/usf-to-hold-vigil-for-zamil-limon-and-nahida-bristy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">vigil will be held on May 1<\/a> for Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ANNETTE.GUTIERREZ.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Neighbors and wildlife experts react after a wandering alligator surprises this Wesley Chapel community<\/p>\n<p>A Wesley Chapel resident says gators come with the territory after one was caught on camera in a driveway. A ZooTampa expert explains the sighting is likely due to alligator mating season.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors and wildlife experts react after a wandering alligator surprises this Wesley Chapel community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 The Office of the State Attorney (13th Judicial Circuit) said State Attorney Suzy Lopez and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[7708,580,8803,13491,13493,8872,157,15201,8804,15202,8805,13777],"class_list":{"0":"post-21855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-openai","8":"tag-chat-gpt","9":"tag-chatgpt","10":"tag-hillsborough-county","11":"tag-hisham-abugharbieh","12":"tag-nahida-bristy","13":"tag-open-ai","14":"tag-openai","15":"tag-state-attorney","16":"tag-tampa-bay-28","17":"tag-tampa-bay-28-news","18":"tag-tampa-bay-local-news","19":"tag-usf-murders"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}