OpenAI is under scrutiny after two mass shooters used ChatGPT to plan attacks

NPR | By Shannon Bond

Published April 23, 2026 at 4:57 PM EDT

AI companies are under growing scrutiny over the potential harms chatbots can pose amid investigations into how mass shooters allegedly sought advice from the tools.

Shannon Bond

Shannon Bond is a business correspondent at NPR, covering technology and how Silicon Valley's biggest companies are transforming how we live, work and communicate.

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