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

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.

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Shannon Bond
Shannon Bond is a correspondent at NPR covering how technology, politics, power, and influence intersect.

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