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17-Year-Old Charged with Murder; Used ChatGPT for “Fantasies” About Killing Family

A growing number of cases are putting ChatGPT's interactions with vulnerable users under scrutiny — including the Acton, Massachusetts murder case and Florida's investigation into the 2025 FSU shooting.

Teen searched OpenAI’s ChatGPT for scenarios about harming his family before his mother and brother were found dead, echoing ChatGPT’s alleged role in the 2025 Florida State University (FSU) mass shooting FSU mass shooting and raising fresh concerns about generative AI’s risks to vulnerable users.