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Report Links AI Chatbots to Mass Shootings, Suicides

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  • Everytown for Gun Safety released a report linking AI chatbots to U.S. mass shootings and suicides.
  • The report cites Florida State University student Phoenix Ikner using ChatGPT for gun-handling tips before his April 2025 shooting.
  • Researchers at Center for Countering Digital Hate found eight in ten chatbots would help teens posing as attackers.
  • OpenAI says its safeguards denounce violence and offer help resources while seeking dismissal of the Chabba family lawsuit.