meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
WSJ What’s News

Can a Chatbot Be Charged With Murder?

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

Daily News, News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

A.M. Edition for April 22. Florida has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT’s role in a mass shooting that killed two people at Florida State University. Plus, future Iran peace talks may be in doubt, but nobody told investors. Ben Kumar from investment manager 7IM explains the trader enthusiasm fueling yet-more market records. And imagine charging your EV in six and a half minutes. Battery-maker CATL says that’ll soon be a reality. Luke Vargas hosts. Explore our series on the financial realities of divorce.  Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Searching for a home, the real commute tool from Realtor.com,

0:03.5

lets you find homes right where you need to be.

0:05.9

Find a home 10 minutes from work, 15 from school, and 20 from grandmas.

0:10.3

With over half a million new listings every month,

0:12.7

you're just minutes from finding your perfect home on Realtor.com.

0:16.1

Trust the number one site Real Estate Professionals Trust.

0:19.0

Search now on Realtor.com.

0:20.6

Based on average new for sale and rental listings July 24 through June 2025. Number one site, Real Estate Professionals Trust. Search now on realtor.com.

0:24.8

Based on average new for sale and rental listings July 24 through June 2025.

0:29.6

Number one trusted based on August 2025 proprietary survey among real estate professionals.

0:39.3

Florida probes open AI over messages between ChatGPT and a mass shooter. Now, of course, chat GPT is not a person, but that does not absolve our office, my prosecution

0:46.3

team, of our duty to investigate whether or not there is criminal culpability here for a

0:52.3

corporation.

0:53.3

Plus, imagine charging your EV in six and a half minutes.

0:57.6

Battery maker, CATL, says that'll soon be a reality.

1:01.3

And future Iran peace talks may be in doubt, but nobody told investors we'll look at the

1:06.9

enthusiasm fueling yet more market records.

1:10.1

It's Wednesday, April 22nd. I'm Luke Vargas

1:12.7

for the Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business

1:18.2

stories moving your world today. In one of the first attempts to hold an AI company criminally liable for deaths,

1:30.6

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeyer is probing ChatGPT's role in a mass shooting at Florida State University last year that left two people dead.

1:40.0

Here was Uthmiyer yesterday, courtesy of WTVT.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Wall Street Journal, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Wall Street Journal and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.