Man told ChatGPT he would rape and kill ex
OpenAI alerted the FBI after a 25-year-old South Palm Beach man used ChatGPT to share repeated, detailed threats to rape and kill his ex-girlfriend, messages preserved in court records. Investigators say the man, a Goldman Sachs financial analyst, described plans, locations and weapons and told the chatbot he would kill the woman and himself; federal agents provided two months of chat logs to local authorities. He was charged in June with aggravated stalking, written threats to kill and illegal use of a cell phone, pleaded guilty in August, and received eight years probation with monitoring and behavioral conditions.
AI reporting led to FBI notification and criminal charges
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The man sent multiple explicit threats to ChatGPT and to his ex after a breakup. OpenAI…
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