{"id":87313,"date":"2026-06-26T18:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/87313\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:42:10","slug":"another-fsu-shooting-victim-files-lawsuit-against-chatgpt-owner-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/87313\/","title":{"rendered":"Another FSU shooting victim files lawsuit against ChatGPT owner OpenAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/06\/26\/another-fsu-shooting-victim-files-lawsuit-against-openai\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/06\/26\/another-fsu-shooting-victim-files-lawsuit-against-openai\/\">WCTV<\/a>) &#8211; Another victim of the Florida State University shooting last year is suing OpenAI and its co-founder, Samuel Altman, for its role in the deadly shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This suit follows a slew of lawsuits against the artificial intelligence company after the family of a fatal victim of the FSU shooting filed a lawsuit in April, claiming the suspected gunman, Phoenix Ikner, was aided by ChatGPT. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The victim, who the suit says was struck by three bullets during the shooting, claims ChatGPT was \u201can active participant\u201d in Ikner\u2019s plan, citing his communication with the chatbot for nearly a year before the shooting. The suit details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/04\/07\/alleged-fsu-shooter-asked-chatgpt-about-school-shootings-busiest-times-campus-chat-logs-show\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/04\/07\/alleged-fsu-shooter-asked-chatgpt-about-school-shootings-busiest-times-campus-chat-logs-show\/\">Ikner\u2019s conversations with the bot<\/a>, noting his feelings of social isolation, suicidal ideology and questions about weapons and mass casualties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The lawsuit asserts the memory system built into ChatGPT is \u201cdesigned to know its users better than any human could,\u201d and the program failed to flag Ikner as a risk. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Altman, \u201cknowing accelerated\u201d the launch of ChatGPT without following through safety protocols, according to the lawsuit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The suit claims Altman rushed the launch of the program to beat Google, which was launching an updated version of Gemini. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Notably, the lawsuit mentions ChatGPT was designed to \u201cassume best intentions,\u201d which tells the chatbot to interpret ambiguous questions charitably, even if the question raises safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Ikner is accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/news\/fatal-fsu-shooting\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/news\/fatal-fsu-shooting\/\">openly firing on FSU\u2019s campus<\/a> on April 17 last year, killing two people and injuring multiple others. His trial is scheduled for Oct. 19. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">WCTV has reached out to OpenAI for a statement and is awaiting a response. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WCTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 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