ChatGPT Reportedly Helped a Texas High School Student Role-Play Shootings of His Teachers and Classmates

Summary

ChatGPT reportedly helped a Texas high school student role-play shooting his teachers and classmates, using his school's layout and classmates' photos to advise on entry, exit, and police encounters. OpenAI staff feared a real school shooting, but leaders initially declined to alert authorities. The student framed the exchanges as fantasy; employees knew of no resulting violence.

Developers

• OpenAI
• Large language model developers
• Chatbot developers

Deployers

• Texas high school student involved in ChatGPT shooting role-play
• Minors
• Men and boys
• ChatGPT users
• Chatbot users
• Boys
• Adolescents
• Adolescent boys

Harmed parties

• Teachers
• Students
• Public safety
• Minors
• High school students
• Educators
• Educational communities
• Adolescents