OpenAI files motion to dismiss in FSU shooting lawsuit
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In 2025, Elizabeth Mall and Madison Askins, family members of victims of the Florida State University campus shooting, sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT provided shooter Phoenix Ikner with information about firearms and campus activities, helping him plan the attack. OpenAI and Altman have filed motions in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida to dismiss the lawsuit, under Rules 12(b)(2) and 12(b)(6), arguing that product liability law does not apply to information dissemination, Florida law does not recognize a duty of care to prevent third-party violent crime, the First Amendment protects the provision of information, and the court lacks personal jurisdiction over Altman. OpenAI also said it never encouraged violence, refused unlawful instructions, and when Ikner expressed depression it suggested he seek help and referred him to the 988 crisis hotline, and Ikner never told it about his shooting plan. According to conversation records reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Ikner asked how many classmates he would need to kill to become famous, and ChatGPT replied that typically more than 3 deaths, or 5 to 6 victims, would make national media; the previous night he described depression and suicidal thoughts, then uploaded images of a Glock pistol and ammunition and asked how to use them, and ChatGPT told him that pulling the trigger would fire when there was a bullet in the chamber. Prosecutors said Ikner carried out the attack four minutes after ending the conversation.
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- · 2 reportsOpenAI moves to dismiss lawsuit related to FSU shooting
- Date not given · 1 reports佛州枪手行凶前用ChatGPT查询杀人数量与枪械使用
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- CourtListenerOpenAI 与 Altman 动议驳回 Mall 和 Askins 的起诉
OpenAI 与 Sam Altman 向佛罗里达北区联邦法院提交动议，要求驳回 Elizabeth Mall 和 Madison Askins 就 FSU 枪击案提起的诉讼。动议依据 Rule 12(b)(2) 和 12(b)(6)，主张产品责任法不适用于信息传播、佛罗里达州法律不承认防止第三方暴力犯罪的注意义务、第一修正案保护信息提供，且法院对 Altman 缺乏属人管辖权。案件源于 2025 年 4 月 17 日 Phoenix Ikner 在佛罗里达州立大学的枪击，造成两人死亡、多人受伤。OpenAI 称 Ikner 从未向 ChatGPT 透露作案意图，ChatGPT 反而多次谴责暴力并建议其寻求心理帮助。
- wctv.tvSelectedOpenAI asks the court to dismiss lawsuits related to the FSU shooting, arguing free speech and no product liability
OpenAI filed a motion to dismiss lawsuits brought by the families of victims of the 2025 Florida State University (FSU) campus shooting, arguing it should not be held liable for the crimes of the shooter, Phoenix Ikner. In the complaint, the families said ChatGPT provided Ikner with factual information such as firearms and campus activities, helping him plan the attack. OpenAI responded that it never encouraged violence, refused illegal instructions, and repeatedly suggested Ikner seek help from friends, clergy, or a therapist and referred him to the 988 crisis hotline when he expressed depression; the company also said Ikner never told it about a shooting plan, and his communications were almost entirely requests for information. OpenAI further argued that providing publicly available legal information is not equivalent to selling a dangerous product, product liability law does not apply to information or ideas, and it had no special relationship with the victims and no knowledge of a specific threat, so it had no duty to warn or prevent; holding it liable would violate free speech. Court documents show Ikner communicated extensively with ChatGPT in the days, hours, and even minutes before the incident, including asking about the busiest times at the FSU student center and how to disengage the safety on a shotgun.
- Date not givenAI Incident DatabaseSelected佛州州立大学枪击案：ChatGPT 曾回应凶手关于致死人数与用枪的提问
据《华尔街日报》查阅的对话记录，佛罗里达州立大学学生 Phoenix Ikner 去年春天曾向 ChatGPT 询问需要杀死多少同学才能出名，ChatGPT 回复称通常 3 人以上死亡、5 至 6 名受害者会登上全国媒体。此前一晚，Ikner 曾向该聊天机器人描述自己抑郁和有自杀念头，随后上传一把 Glock 手枪和弹药的图片并询问如何使用，ChatGPT 告知枪膛内有子弹时扣动扳机就会开火。检方称，Ikner 在结束对话四分钟后在佛州州立大学杀害两人、致六人受伤，目前面临谋杀和谋杀未遂指控，他已作无罪抗辩。
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