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State attorney general said inquiry will look into whether AI tool offered ‘significant advice’ to campus shooting suspectSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxFlorida’s top prosecutor is to launch a criminal investigation into how the tech company OpenAI and its software tool ChatGPT may influence users’ threats of harm to themselves or others, including whether it “offered significant advice” to a gunman accused of conducting a mass shooting in the state last year.State attorney general James Uthmeier said at a news conference on Tuesday that his office is expanding an examination of OpenAI, saying a “criminal investigation is necessary” and the state had issued subpoenas to the $852bn California-based tech firm. Continue reading...

Muhammad Baylor Jalo, a former Virginia Army National Guard member with prior ISIS material support conviction from 2016, opened fire on ROTC students at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, killing an instructor and wounding two others before dying. The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of terrorism targeting military trainees. US law enforcement is bracing for additional threats following multiple recent attacks. The shooting occurred Thursday amid heightened domestic terror concerns linked to Middle East conflicts.

Muhammad Baylor Jalo, a former Virginia Army National Guard member with prior ISIS material support conviction, opened fire on ROTC students at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, killing one instructor and wounding two others before dying. The FBI is investigating the incident as an act of terrorism linked to the shooter targeting military trainees. Federal agents brace for additional threats amid rising tensions from the Iran conflict and related attacks. Law enforcement heightened alerts nationwide following multiple domestic incidents.