Common Core State Standard L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
04/27/2026
Florida investigates OpenAI, ChatGPT over fatal attack
Florida is investigating OpenAI’s ChatGPT artificial intelligence program in a mass shooting that left two dead and six others wounded at Florida State University last year. "The chatbot advised the shooter on what type of gun to use, on which ammo went with which gun, on whether or not a gun would be useful at short range," Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said last week. His office said the investigation will determine whether "OpenAI bears criminal responsibility” in the shooting.
■Class discussion: Should a computer program be blamed for supplying information that a person requested and later used to commit a crime? Why or why not? Does it matter that it was an artificial intelligence program? Could you charge a search engine company if its information was used in a crime? Could you jail an author if a criminal copied the plot of their murder mystery? Why do some officials blame computer programs, video games, or movies for violent crimes but not gun makers and sellers?
