Florida Files Subpoenas at OpenAI: Because 270 ChatGPT Conversations Apparently Weren't Just Small Talk

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier just dropped the mother of all subpoenas on OpenAI, launching a formal investigation into whether ChatGPT had a starring role in the 2025 FSU mass shooting. Apparently, the suspected shooter didn't just use the AI as a homework helper—he apparently had over 270 conversations with it beforehand. That's not a user, that's a support group.

On April 17, 2025, Phoenix Ikner allegedly turned Florida State University's Student Union into a scene nobody should ever have to witness, killing two people and leaving six others nursing injuries no prescription can fix.

Now here's where things get genuinely unsettling. The chat logs obtained by the State Attorney's office read like a how-to guide nobody asked for—Ikner reportedly queried ChatGPT about firearms, campus foot traffic patterns, and what happened to previous mass shooters. Because apparently, even AI won't ghost you when you're asking genuinely terrifying questions.

Attorneys representing Robert Morales' family are gearing up to file a wrongful-death lawsuit against OpenAI. Meanwhile, Uthmeier's office confirmed subpoenas are en route—because nothing says "we mean business" quite like legal paperwork thick enough to stop a bullet. Probably.

"Today, we launched an investigation into OpenAI and ChatGPT. AI should advance mankind, not destroy it. We're demanding answers on OpenAI's activities that have hurt kids, endangered Americans, and facilitated the recent FSU mass shooting. Wrongdoers must be held accountable," Uthmeier declared. You know it's serious when even politicians can string