State Attorney General James Uthmeier said Florida’s OpenAI probe is expanding because a “criminal investigation is necessary” after state prosecutors determined ChatGPT “offered significant advice” to the FSU shooter.

The Florida attorney general has launched a criminal investigation into ChatGPT over allegations that it helped the suspect in the Florida State University shooting with logistics of the crime.

Uthmeier, who initially opened a probe into OpenAI and ChatGPT earlier this month, said at a news conference that the individual accused of fatally shooting two people at Florida State University (FSU...