OpenAI is under criminal investigation — why chatbots don’t always follow the law

Credit: Novikov Alexey/Shutterstock Prosecutors in Florida have launched a criminal investigation into the artificial-intelligence company OpenAI, and whether the company’s chatbot ChatGPT was used to assist the suspect in a mass school shooting at Florida State University in April last year. No charges have been filed against the company, nor has it been accused of a crime, but the investigation has put a spotlight on one of the biggest challenges facing AI companies: why is it so hard to …