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AI-Assisted Murders: Florida Probes OpenAI

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Prosecutors in Tampa allege that the suspect in the murders of two USF doctoral students, Hisham Abugharbieh, sought advice from ChatGPT on concealing the victims bodies. Abugharbieh faces two counts of first-degree murder after the students disappeared on April 16th. The victims remains were discovered near the Howard Frankland Bridge, and Abugharbieh was arrested following a confrontation with deputies. The Attorney General has initiated a criminal investigation into OpenAI, questioning their ability to detect and prevent illegal queries. Abugharbiehs pretrial hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, while lawmakers in Tallahassee discuss regulating AI and big tech.

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AI-Assisted Murders: Florida Probes OpenAI

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Tampa Bay News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!AI-Assisted Murders: Florida Probes OpenAI. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

It's April 28th, welcome to Tampa Bay News today, powered by AI. Prosecutors in Tampa say the suspect in the murders of two University of South Florida doctoral students turned to Chad G.P.T. for tips on hiding the bodies. He shamed Abu Gharbia, a 26-year-old roommate of one victim, faces two counts of first-degree murder after the students vanished on April 16th. Limon's remains turned up first in a trash bag near the Howard Franklin Bridge, and over the weekend, another said believed to be Bristol's showed up. Nearby, though not officially ID'd yet, Abu Gharbia got arrested right after a clash with deputies, and records show he asked the AI what happens when you dump a body in a garbage bag into a dumpster. The victim's family is shattered, especially Zubair Ahmed, brother to Zamoli Moan, who called it a total devastation and demanded justice for his. Brother, a top student and family man. Now Florida's attorney general has kicked off a criminal probe into open AI itself over

this mess, questioning if their safeguards caught the shady. Queries in time. An AI expert at USF points out the tools have memory to flag illegal stuff, but testing those limits is an ongoing battle. Abu Gharbia's pretrial hearing hits Hillsborough Court Tuesday morning, while lawmakers head back to Tallahassee same day for talks on raining in AI. And, big tech, keeping the story front and center as it unfolds.

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