{"meta":{"exportedAt":"2026-10-23T08:55:50.207Z","formatVersion":2,"selection":{"q":"terrorism","system":"","harm":"","context":"","country":"","role":"","relation":"core","evidence":"","year":"2025","response":"","severity":"","verification":"","view":"incidents","sort":"added"},"totalIncidents":5,"coverage":{"cases":5,"countries":3,"languages":2,"unknownLocation":0,"locationPending":0,"unknownLanguage":0,"unknownDate":0,"lawsuits":1,"regulatory":1,"minors":2,"coreRelations":5,"contextualRelations":0,"mixedRelations":0,"unknownRelations":0,"relationPending":0,"relationUnknown":0},"countingNote":"Distinct public cases in this selection. People counts apply within individual cases only; cross-case person overlap has not been resolved. No population incidence estimate.","affectedCountNote":"Interpret person counts with affectedCountStatus and the reported effects. Unquantified zeros are placeholders, not a measured zero.","source":"AI incidents","publisher":"NOPE","url":"https://nope.net/incidents","license":"CC BY 4.0"},"incidents":[{"id":"2025-ikner-fsu-shooting","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"corroborated","evidence":[{"locator":"'Police investigate the scene of a shooting near the student union at Florida State University on April 17, 2025 in Tallahassee, Florida. Two people were killed and six injured in the attack.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'the mass shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee on April 17, 2025, and the deaths of two people, with five others injured.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The shooting, which took place on the FSU campus on April 17, 2025, injured six people and killed two people'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 17 April 2025 a shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee killed two people and wounded at least five others (five per Click Orlando; six per NPR's correction and ABC News).","causal_attribution":"The deaths and injuries were caused by the shooting. The record does not attribute them to ChatGPT; see c3 to c13 for the contested AI connection."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder. He has pleaded not guilty.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'is facing multiple charges of murder and attempted murder for the April 2025 shooting near the student union on FSU's Tallahassee campus, where he was a student at the time.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"Phoenix Ikner, an FSU student at the time, is accused of the shooting and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder, and has pleaded not guilty.","causal_attribution":"These are criminal charges; guilt has not been determined."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Through a public records request to the state attorney's office, News 6 obtained the thousands of conversations Ikner had with ChatGPT over the course of a year.'; '\"How do police investigate suicides?\"'; 'He then asks about the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting and the 1999 mass shooting at Columbine High School.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"ChatGPT transcripts released in court documents, which News 6 obtained from the state attorney's office, show Ikner conversing with ChatGPT over about a year, including questions about suicide and about terrorism and earlier mass shootings.","causal_attribution":"Describes the content of the conversations as reported from the transcripts; it does not establish that the conversations caused the shooting."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Then, in April, Ikner asks ChatGPT how the country would react to a shooting at FSU.'; 'Yes, a shooting at Florida State University involving three of more victims would almost certainly receive national media coverage'; 'After that, Ikner asks questions on 12-gauge shotguns, and Glocks, and how the safety buttons work.'; 'What time is it busiest in the FSU student union?'; 'Ikner asks, \"What about 3 plus at FSU?\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Court documents show that the suspected gunman Ikner communicated extensively with ChatGPT in the days, hours and minutes leading up to the tragic shooting, including asking about the busiest times at FSU'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"In April 2025 Ikner asked ChatGPT how the country would react to a shooting at FSU and asked \"What about 3 plus at FSU?\", and ChatGPT replied that such a shooting 'would almost certainly receive national media coverage'; Ikner then asked about 12-gauge shotguns, Glocks and how the safety buttons work, and what time the FSU student union is busiest.","causal_attribution":"Both outlets report the same court-record transcripts (one record chain, so reported). The questions and answers are evidence in the criminal case; whether the answers contributed to the attack is disputed (c8, c9)."},{"id":"c13","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'According to more than 13,000 messages reviewed and previously reported by the Phoenix'; 'Ikner's final request came three minutes before the shooting.'; 'What button is the safety off for the Remington 12 gauge?'; 'The AI provided detailed instructions.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s11"}],"assertion":"According to the Florida Phoenix's review of more than 13,000 messages, Ikner's final request to ChatGPT came three minutes before the shooting and asked which button turns the safety off on a Remington 12-gauge, and the AI provided detailed instructions.","causal_attribution":"Reported from the court-record transcripts (same chain as c4). It shows the timing and content of the exchange, not that the answer caused the shooting."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'At times, ChatGPT tells Ikner that it can't diagnose him, then explains clinical information on depression symptoms and suggests he speak to a counselor. It then suggests that if he needs immediate help to reach out to a crisis hotline, though it doesn't provide a number.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"When Ikner asked about mental health, ChatGPT at times explained depression symptoms, suggested speaking to a counselor and suggested a crisis hotline without giving a number.","causal_attribution":"Describes reported ChatGPT replies. OpenAI's motion, as WCTV reports it, says ChatGPT also referred Ikner to the 988 line (c9)."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'According to court filings, more than 200 AI messages have been entered into evidence in the case.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"According to court filings reported by NPR, more than 200 AI messages have been entered into evidence in the criminal case.","causal_attribution":"Establishes the reported evidentiary use of the messages, not their effect."},{"id":"c7","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'consulted ChatGPT for advice before the shooting, including what type of gun to use, what ammunition went with it, and what time to go to campus to encounter more people, according to an initial review of Ikner's chat logs.'; 'issuing subpoenas to OpenAI seeking information about its policies and internal training materials'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI and ChatGPT after prosecutors reviewed the chat logs.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"On 21 April 2026 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a criminal investigation of OpenAI over the shooting, said an initial review of the chat logs showed Ikner consulted ChatGPT on the gun, ammunition and timing, and issued subpoenas for OpenAI policies and training materials dating back to March 2024.","causal_attribution":"The Attorney General's characterisation of the chat logs is an official allegation; no charge against OpenAI is reported."},{"id":"c8","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'JOSHI v. OPENAI FOUNDATION, 4:26-cv-00222, (N.D. Fla.) Date Filed: May 10, 2026'; 'SUMMONS ISSUED-PHOENIX IKNER'; 'by VANDANA JOSHI'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'MALL v. OPENAI FOUNDATION, 4:26-cv-00334, (N.D. Fla.) Date Filed: July 14, 2026'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s6"},{"locator":"'ASKINS v. OPENAI FOUNDATION, 4:26-cv-00335, (N.D. Fla.) Date Filed: July 14, 2026'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s7"},{"locator":"'GOURLEY v. OPENAI FOUNDATION, 4:26-cv-00416, (N.D. Fla.) Date Filed: Aug. 26, 2026'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s8"},{"locator":"'MORALES v. OPENAI FOUNDATION, 4:26-cv-00425, (N.D. Fla.) Date Filed: Aug. 31, 2026'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s9"},{"locator":"'Attorneys representing the family of Florida State University shooting victim Tiru Chabba have filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI'; 'The complaint, which was filed on Sunday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, also names the shooting suspect, Phoenix Ikner, as a defendant.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"Vandana Joshi sued the OpenAI Foundation and Phoenix Ikner in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida on 10 May 2026 (Joshi v. OpenAI Foundation, 4:26-cv-00222), the suit ABC News reports as brought by the family of Tiru Chabba. Further suits against OpenAI Foundation were filed in the same court by Elizabeth Mall and Madison Askins on 14 July 2026, Reese Gourley on 26 August 2026 and Betty Morales on 31 August 2026.","causal_attribution":"The dockets establish that the suits exist and when they were filed. The plaintiffs' allegations that ChatGPT helped plan the attack are allegations; the Chabba family's attorney told ABC News Ikner used ChatGPT 'as his co-conspirator'. The Mall docket records a notice of related cases and the same discovery-consolidation order entered in Joshi; the connection of the later suits to the shooting rests on the press accounts listed in additional_sources, not on these docket headers."},{"id":"c9","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'we identified an account believed to be associated with the suspect and proactively shared this information with law enforcement.'; 'ChatGPT provided factual responses to questions with information that could be found broadly across public sources on the internet, and it did not encourage or promote illegal or harmful activity.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'ChatGPT is not responsible for this terrible crime.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"OpenAI's position is that ChatGPT is not responsible for the crime and provided factual responses with publicly available information, and that after the shooting it identified an account believed to be associated with the suspect and shared it with law enforcement.","causal_attribution":"OpenAI disputes that ChatGPT caused or contributed to the shooting."},{"id":"c10","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO CONFER REGARDING CONSOLIDATING DISCOVERY. The parties' joint reports are due on or before 9/29/2026.'; 'MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM by AESTAS LLC'; 'Exhibit 1 - Chat Logs'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"},{"locator":"'24 Sep 22, 2026 ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO CONFER REGARDING CONSOLIDATING DISCOVERY.'; 'The parties shall file their proposed consolidated discovery schedule on or before Friday, 10/2/2026.'","relation":"context","source_id":"s6"}],"assertion":"On 22 September 2026 the court in Joshi ordered the parties to confer about consolidating discovery, with joint reports due by 29 September 2026; on 25 September 2026 the OpenAI defendants moved to dismiss the suit for failure to state a claim, attaching a declaration and exhibits including chat logs.","causal_attribution":"The docket establishes that the order and the motion were filed; the court has not ruled on the motion."},{"id":"c11","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'At no point did Ikner tell ChatGPT that he was planning or intended to commit a shooting'; 'referred him to the 988 crisis line'; 'it had no legal duty to warn about or prevent Ikner'; 'holding it liable would violate free speech rights'; 'responses were consistently factual'; 'repeatedly encouraged him to'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"According to WCTV's account of the motion to dismiss, OpenAI argues that Ikner never told ChatGPT of a plan to commit a shooting, that ChatGPT's responses were consistently factual, that it encouraged Ikner to talk to someone and referred Ikner to the 988 crisis line when depression came up, that it had no legal duty to warn or prevent the crime, and that liability would violate free-speech rights.","causal_attribution":"These are OpenAI's litigation arguments as reported by WCTV; they dispute the plaintiffs' allegations and are not findings."},{"id":"c12","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'His trial is set to begin on Oct. 19.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'He is expected to stand trial on June 8, 2027, and could face the death penalty if convicted.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"Ikner's criminal trial date has moved: NPR reported in April 2026 that the trial was set to begin on 19 October, and WCTV reported on 28 September 2026 that Ikner is expected to stand trial on 8 June 2027 and could face the death penalty if convicted.","causal_attribution":"Procedural status only. The June 2027 date is WCTV's report and was not confirmed from a Leon County court record."}],"effects":[{"label":"two people were killed and at least five wounded in the shooting near the FSU student union","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/nx-s1-5793967/florida-openai-investigation-mass-shooting-fsu","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"NPR, 21 April 2026 (corrected 7 May 2026). Body retained from the 2026-09-24 live read (html lang=en) and re-read for this review. Reports the Attorney General's press conference and OpenAI's statement to NPR.","independence_group":"npr"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.clickorlando.com/news/investigators/2026/04/09/fsu-shooting-suspect-used-chatgpt-to-help-plan-fatal-attack-court-records-show/","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"WKMG News 6 (Click Orlando), 9 April 2026. Body retained from the 2026-09-24 live read and re-read. Quotes ChatGPT transcripts News 6 obtained from the state attorney's office by public-records request; NOPE did not inspect the transcripts.","independence_group":"state-attorney-transcripts"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://abcnews.com/US/family-fsu-shooting-victim-files-lawsuit-alleging-chatgpt/story?id=132845521","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"ABC News, 11 May 2026 (byline Deena Zaru). Read live on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200) and re-read. Carries the plaintiffs' attorney's statements and OpenAI's statement to ABC.","independence_group":"abc-news"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.wctv.tv/2026/09/28/openai-seeks-dismissal-lawsuit-linking-chatgpt-fsu-campus-shooting-citing-free-speech/","kind":"local_tv_news","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"WCTV (Tallahassee), 28 September 2026. Read live on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200) and re-read. 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Its chat-log passages relay the Florida Phoenix's own review of more than 13,000 messages from the court records, so they share the court-record transcript chain with Click Orlando and WCTV.","independence_group":"state-attorney-transcripts"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use","others_use"],"contexts":["education","justice","health"],"unknowns":["Whether ChatGPT's answers contributed to the attack is contested and undetermined; no court has ruled on the civil claims and the criminal trial has not taken place.","The total number of messages is reported differently: the Florida Phoenix reviewed more than 13,000 messages, and the Chabba family's attorney told ABC News of 16,000 'disturbing chats'. Neither figure was established from a court record in this review.","The Leon County criminal docket was not inspected; the June 8, 2027 trial date rests on WCTV's report.","The motion to dismiss, the discovery order and the complaints were read only as docket entries or through press accounts, not as documents.","The Grant removal docket and the other retained press sources (AP, CNN, NBC News, WJHG, Tallahassee Reports, Florida Phoenix, WTXL, WCTV August 2026, Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo) were not re-inspected in this review; the narrative's account of those suits is carried forward from earlier reviews.","Whether OpenAI's systems flagged Ikner's account before the shooting is not reported."],"geography":{"basis":"Carried forward from the 2026-09-24 metadata review and re-checked: NPR and Click Orlando place the shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, where those killed and wounded were. The criminal case is in Florida, and the civil suits are in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida (CourtListener dockets). The victims' countries of residence are recorded from the location of the shooting; WCTV describes Chabba as a South Carolina father.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"Two deaths and the injuries are reported by NPR, Click Orlando and ABC News. Ikner's ChatGPT use is reported from court-record transcripts and acknowledged by OpenAI's account identification. Civil suits and the September 2026 motion to dismiss are documented on CourtListener dockets. The AI connection is alleged by the Attorney General and plaintiffs and disputed by OpenAI; causation is not established.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"ChatGPT transcripts obtained by News 6 from the state attorney's office through a public-records request show the accused, Ikner, asking ChatGPT about a shooting at FSU, firearm safety mechanisms and the busiest time at the student union; NPR reports more than 200 AI messages entered into evidence, and OpenAI says it identified an account believed to be associated with the suspect. The killed and wounded are third parties harmed by Ikner's use. Whether ChatGPT contributed to the attack is contested: the plaintiffs and Florida's Attorney General allege it did, and OpenAI says ChatGPT gave factual, publicly available information and is not responsible.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Carried forward from the 2026-09-15 metadata review and now supported by inspected bodies. NPR and Click Orlando place the shooting near the student union of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, on 17 April 2025, where the two people killed and those wounded were; the criminal case is in Florida and the civil suits in the Northern District of Florida and Leon County (retained row). 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Their languages remain unreviewed.","The victims' countries of residence are recorded from the location of the shooting; no source states their residence separately."],"reviewed_on":"2026-09-24","source_reviews":[{"url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/nx-s1-5793967/florida-openai-investigation-mass-shooting-fsu","notes":"Read live on 2026-09-24 (NPR, 21 April 2026; html lang=en). Reports the Florida Attorney General's criminal investigation of OpenAI, the shooting near the FSU student union in Tallahassee on 17 April 2025 (two killed, six wounded per NPR's correction), the accused's ChatGPT queries per the AG's review of chat logs, OpenAI's statement and the trial date of 19 October.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.clickorlando.com/news/investigators/2026/04/09/fsu-shooting-suspect-used-chatgpt-to-help-plan-fatal-attack-court-records-show/","notes":"Read live on 2026-09-24 (WKMG News 6, 9 April 2026; html lang=en). 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ChatGPT transcripts released in court records, as reported by Click Orlando and the Florida Phoenix, include firearm and student-union timing questions in the hours and minutes before the attack.","frameworkFacets":["P1a","P1c","P1d","P5d"],"pathwayDirection":"outward","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":7,"affectedCountStatus":"documented_minimum","affectedCountEvidence":"Two people were killed and at least five wounded in the shooting (Click Orlando reports five injured; NPR's 7 May 2026 correction and ABC News report six). The lower reported injury count is used. The participant count of one is the accused, Ikner, who used ChatGPT and has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and seven counts of attempted murder (ABC News); the legal_harm outcome refers to him.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-FL","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"lawsuit_filed","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.npr.org/2026/04/21/nx-s1-5793967/florida-openai-investigation-mass-shooting-fsu","primarySourceLabel":"NPR — Florida AG opens OpenAI investigation over FSU shooting","firstPublishedAt":"2026-04-28T13:00:04.410579+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:21:55.18827+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["criminal-investigation","lawsuit","shooting","mass-violence","chatgpt","openai","fsu","florida","us","regulatory"]},{"id":"2025-sarthe-chatgpt-radicalization","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Le jeune de la Sarthe qui a été mis en examen le 5 septembre pour association de malfaiteurs terroriste'; 'Cet adolescent avait été arrêté chez ses parents'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'Arrêté au domicile de ses parents'; 'puis mis en examen le 5 septembre'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'The teen was formally put under investigation and locked up on Friday'; 'He was arrested on Monday at his parents’ home, where he lived, in the western Sarthe region'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"The teenager was arrested at his parents' home at the start of September 2025 and on 5 September was charged (mis en examen) with criminal terrorist conspiracy and placed in detention.","causal_attribution":"Procedural facts as reported by ICI Maine and by AFP's sources; no court document was inspected."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Il voulait s'en prendre à un établissement scolaire en Sarthe et à des bâtiments publics à Paris.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'le jeune homme projetait de s’en prendre à un établissement scolaire en Sarthe ainsi qu’à un ministère ou un bâtiment public à Paris'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'suspected of targeting the embassies of Israel, Britain, and the United States, as well as the French interior ministry'; 'a search of the home found a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State terror group'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s4"}],"assertion":"According to the reports, he planned to attack a school in Sarthe and a ministry or public building in Paris; AFP's sources said he was suspected of targeting the embassies of Israel, Britain and the United States and other buildings, and that a search of the home found a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State group.","causal_attribution":"The alleged plans as reported; allegations in an ongoing investigation."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'préparait ses projets d'attentats sur l'assistant conversationnel ChatGPT. C'est une information du Parisien'; 'L'adolescent a effectivement utilisé l'IA à de nombreuses reprises'; 'Je confirme que l'intelligence artificielle, et notamment ChatGPT, a eu une influence sur le comportement de mon client.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'a utilisé l’outil d’intelligence artificielle ChatGPT pour préparer ses projets d’attentats, affirme son avocat à ICI Maine'; 'L’intelligence artificielle, et notamment ChatGPT, a eu une influence sur le comportement de mon client.'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"Le Parisien reported, and the teenager's lawyer confirmed to ICI Maine, that he used ChatGPT many times in preparing his attack plans; the lawyer said that artificial intelligence, notably ChatGPT, had influenced his client's behaviour.","causal_attribution":"The lawyer's statement and Le Parisien's report; the exchanges themselves are not published."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'le jeune interrogeait ChatGPT sur des aspects techniques liés à la fabrication d’explosifs. Le TATP, tristement connu dans certains attentats, faisait partie de ses recherches'; 'Il a aussi simulé l’explosion de bouteilles de gaz dans un camion, en demandant à l’IA d’évaluer les dégâts'; 'ChatGPT aurait fourni une description détaillée des effets potentiels d’une explosion'; 'L’IA mentionne que les conséquences pourraient inclure des morts immédiates'; 'le chatbot aurait proposé une kunya'; 'l’IA fournirait des textes très explicites, valorisant Daesh'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'Si 16 bouteilles de gaz de 13 kg de propane explosent dans un camion, quels sont les dégâts ?'; 'Au robot conversationnel à l’intelligence artificielle (IA), l’adolescent prend soin de préciser les dimensions des bouteilles'; 'a notamment questionné l’application ChatGPT sur la fabrication d'explosifs'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"According to Le Parisien (whose opening quotes his question about propane bottles exploding in a truck) and Le Big Data's summary of it, he asked ChatGPT about making explosives including TATP and asked it to assess the damage from gas bottles exploding in a truck; ChatGPT reportedly described the potential effects of an explosion, including immediate deaths, and reportedly proposed a jihadist fighting name and wrote rap lyrics glorifying the Islamic State group.","causal_attribution":"Le Parisien's readable opening and a secondary summary of its report, in the conditional; the paywalled remainder and the exchanges were not inspected."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Lors de ses auditions, il a évoqué que ses échanges avec ChatGPT auraient joué un rôle majeur dans sa bascule vers l’islamisme.'; 'selon lui, ChatGPT jouait un rôle encourageant dans sa dérive vers l’islamisme'; 'On a l’impression qu’elle est toujours d’accord avec toi'; 'si on parle de terrorisme, elle va trouver cela normal'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'a reconnu en garde à vue avoir planifié des actes terroristes. Fait inédit : il impute à l’intelligence artificielle une responsabilité dans sa radicalisation violente et l’élaboration de ses projets mortifères'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s5"}],"assertion":"According to Le Parisien, which says he attributes to AI a responsibility for his violent radicalisation, and Le Big Data's summary of it, he said in his hearings that his exchanges with ChatGPT played a major role in his turn to Islamism. He also said, in remarks the summary does not place, that ChatGPT played an encouraging role in his drift towards Islamism and that it always seemed to agree with him and would find talk of terrorism normal.","causal_attribution":"The accused's own account, relayed second-hand; it is his explanation, not a finding."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Il a reconnu l'ensemble des faits qui lui sont reprochés, mais je pense qu'il n'était pas seul et qu'il y avait surement une ou des personnes majeures dans cette affaire'; 'minimise sa radicalisation : \"elle était très superficielle\"'; 'l'avocat ne souhaite pas rentrer dans les détails des phrases utilisées par son client avec l'IA'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s1"},{"locator":"'il ne détaille pas les différentes questions que son client aurait posées à l'intelligence artificielle'; 'assure que sa radicalisation \"était très superficielle\"'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"His lawyer said he had admitted all the acts he was accused of, that he believed one or more adults were involved, that the radicalisation was very superficial, and declined to detail the questions put to the AI.","causal_attribution":"Counterweight from the defence: other people's involvement and a superficial radicalisation."}],"effects":[{"label":"charged with criminal terrorist conspiracy and detained","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"},{"label":"says his exchanges with ChatGPT played a major role in his radicalisation","claim_id":"c5","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/le-lyceen-de-la-sarthe-ecroue-pour-association-de-malfaiteurs-terroristes-a-utilise-chatgpt-pour-son-projet-d-attentat-8244309","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-19 (HTTP 200 after a redirect to the renamed ici.fr address; bodies/lr-sar-icimaine.html/.txt). ICI Maine report of 29 Oct 2025 relaying Le Parisien and the lawyer's confirmation. Read in the original French; the English renderings in claims and notes are translations by the research agent (an AI), not by a human translator. Related-story cards were not used.","independence_group":"ici-maine-2025-10-29"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://www.franceinfo.fr/faits-divers/le-lyceen-ecroue-pour-association-de-malfaiteurs-terroristes-dans-la-sarthe-a-utilise-chatgpt-pour-preparer-ses-projets-d-attentats_7582760.html","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-19 (live, HTTP 200; bodies/lr-sar-franceinfo.html/.txt). franceinfo relays the lawyer's statement to ICI Maine and Le Parisien; not independent of s1. Read in the original French; the English renderings in claims and notes are translations by the research agent (an AI), not by a human translator.","independence_group":"ici-maine-2025-10-29"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.lebigdata.fr/adolescent-djihadiste-il-accuse-chatgpt-de-lavoir-converti-a-l-islamisme","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-19 through an Internet Archive capture of 14 Feb 2026 (the live site returned HTTP 403; bodies/lr-sar-lebigdata-wb.html/.txt). A technology site's summary of Le Parisien's report; of Le Parisien itself only the free opening (s5) was read. Read in the original French; the English renderings in claims and notes are translations by the research agent (an AI), not by a human translator.","independence_group":"le-parisien-2025-10"},{"id":"s5","url":"https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/chatgpt-est-en-partie-la-cause-de-ma-radicalisation-le-role-trouble-de-lia-dans-le-projet-djihadiste-dun-ado-28-10-2025-HEAARQCQFRG3DK43QLGYZ4THDM.php","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"fr","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-19 (live, HTTP 200; bodies/lr-sar-leparisien.html/.txt). Le Parisien's original report of 28 Oct 2025 (modified 29 Oct); the page is paywalled (isAccessibleForFree false) and only the headline, standfirst and opening paragraphs were readable. Read in the original French; the English renderings in claims and notes are translations by the research agent (an AI), not by a human translator.","independence_group":"le-parisien-2025-10"},{"id":"s4","url":"https://www.timesofisrael.com/teen-held-in-france-suspected-of-plotting-attacks-including-on-israeli-embassy/","kind":"wire_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Read on 2026-10-19 in English through an Internet Archive capture (the live page returned HTTP 403; bodies/lr-sar-toi-wb.html/.txt). AFP report quoting sources close to the investigation.","independence_group":"afp-2025-09-06"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["justice"],"unknowns":["What ChatGPT actually replied; the exchanges are not published and the paywalled body of Le Parisien's report was not inspected.","When the ChatGPT exchanges took place.","Which court is handling the case and whether a trial has taken place.","Whether investigators or a court attribute any part of the radicalisation to ChatGPT; only the accused and his lawyer are reported."],"geography":{"basis":"Carried forward from the 2026-10-03 metadata review and re-checked: ICI Maine, franceinfo and AFP place the arrest at his parents' home in the Sarthe department and the intended targets in Sarthe and Paris, all in France. The mise en examen is a decision of a French investigating judge; no source names the court. No source says where he used ChatGPT.","court_countries":["FR"],"event_countries":["FR"],"affected_person_countries":["FR"]},"publication":{"basis":"French public broadcasters report, and the defence lawyer confirms, that the detained teenager used ChatGPT in preparing alleged attack plans and that it influenced his behaviour; a summary of Le Parisien relays his statement that the exchanges played a major role in his radicalisation. The AI's replies and its causal role rest on these second-hand accounts.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-22"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Le Parisien reported, and the teenager's lawyer confirmed to ICI Maine, that he used ChatGPT many times in preparing his attack plans; the lawyer said ChatGPT influenced his behaviour. Le Big Data's summary of Le Parisien says he asked ChatGPT about explosives and the damage from exploding gas bottles, that it reportedly described an explosion's effects, proposed a fighting name and wrote rap lyrics glorifying the Islamic State group, and that he told investigators the exchanges played a major role in his turn to Islamism and, in remarks it does not place, that it always seemed to agree with him; Le Parisien's own standfirst says he attributes to AI a responsibility for his violent radicalisation. The exchanges are not published and Le Parisien's paywalled remainder was not inspected.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"name":"French teenager held over alleged attack plans used ChatGPT in preparing them and said it encouraged his radicalisation, reports say","summary":"A secondary-school pupil in the Sarthe department of France was arrested at his parents' home at the start of September 2025, charged on 5 September with criminal terrorist conspiracy (association de malfaiteurs terroriste) and placed in pre-trial detention. According to AFP's sources close to the investigation, he was suspected of planning attacks on embassies and official buildings in Paris, and a search found a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State group. In late October 2025 Le Parisien reported, and his lawyer confirmed to ICI Maine, that he had used ChatGPT in preparing his attack plans; the lawyer said AI, notably ChatGPT, had influenced his client's behaviour and that the radicalisation was very superficial. Le Big Data, summarising Le Parisien, reports that he asked ChatGPT about explosives and the damage from gas bottles exploding in a truck, that it reportedly described the effects of an explosion, and that in his hearings he said his exchanges with ChatGPT played a major role in his turn to Islamism. He is also reported as saying that it always seemed to agree with him.","incidentDate":"2025-09-01","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2025-10-29","aiSystem":"ChatGPT, as named by Le Parisien and confirmed by the teenager's lawyer","aiProduct":"ChatGPT (reported)","aiCompany":"OpenAI","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":["third_party_harm_facilitation"],"harmOutcomes":["legal_harm","loss_of_liberty"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The teenager was charged with criminal terrorist conspiracy and detained pending investigation. In his hearings, as Le Parisien reports through Le Big Data, he said his exchanges with ChatGPT played a major role in his radicalisation; his lawyer says AI influenced his behaviour and calls the radicalisation very superficial. No one was harmed by the alleged plans.","frameworkFacets":[],"pathwayDirection":"both","causationStatus":"alleged","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"One counted person, the detained teenager who used ChatGPT. The intended targets were not harmed and are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"FR","platformType":"assistant","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"ongoing","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/faits-divers-justice/le-lyceen-de-la-sarthe-ecroue-pour-association-de-malfaiteurs-terroristes-a-utilise-chatgpt-pour-son-projet-d-attentat-8244309","primarySourceLabel":"ICI Maine (formerly France Bleu), 29 Oct 2025: Le lycéen de la Sarthe écroué pour association de malfaiteurs terroriste a utilisé ChatGPT","firstPublishedAt":"2026-03-23T06:59:29.691732+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-22T05:36:11.78921+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["france","chatgpt","openai","terrorism-charge","radicalisation","minor","pre-trial-detention"]},{"id":"2025-singapore-far-right-teen-ai-firearms","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"c1","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"'In February and March 2025, two self-radicalised Singaporean youths, aged 15 and 17, were issued with a Restriction Order and an Order of Detention under the Internal Security Act respectively'; '2 April 2025'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'were detained in December 2024 and March 2025, respectively'; 'FRE supporter detained in March 2025'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"In March 2025 a 17-year-old Singaporean was issued an Order of Detention under the Internal Security Act, which the ISD announced on 2 April 2025.","causal_attribution":"The ISD release is the official announcement of the order. The order was issued for his attack preparations; no source attributes the detention to his chatbot use."},{"id":"c2","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'had been radicalised by violent far-right extremist and racist ideologies and had taken steps in preparation for attacks against Muslims at mosques in Singapore'; 'he made multiple unsuccessful attempts to procure a gun'; 'the youth shortlisted five mosques'; 'he had yet to execute his attacks only because he was unable to procure a gun'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'had made extensive preparations to conduct shootings against Muslims at five mosques in Singapore'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The ISD says the 17-year-old had been radicalised by far-right extremist and racist ideologies, shortlisted five mosques in Singapore as targets for shooting attacks on Muslims, made several unsuccessful attempts to procure a gun, and admitted at his arrest that he had not carried out the attacks only because he was unable to procure a gun.","causal_attribution":"The ISD's account of its investigation and of his statements. No court has tested it; the detention is an executive order."},{"id":"c3","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'FRE supporter detained in March 2025, he had searched for instructions on an AI chatbot about producing ammunition, and considered 3D printing his own firearms for his local attack plans'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"}],"assertion":"The ISD's 2025 threat assessment report says the 17-year-old had searched for instructions on an AI chatbot about producing ammunition and considered 3D printing his own firearms for his local attack plans.","causal_attribution":"The report states the search, not its result. It does not name the chatbot, date the search or say what the chatbot replied, so whether the chatbot supplied instructions is not established."},{"id":"c4","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'he reached out to a US-based online contact who claimed to be a gun maker'; 'suggested 3D printing the gun parts and ammunition instead'; 'the youth did not follow through with the idea due to the cost and technical feasibility'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The ISD press release says a US-based online contact who claimed to be a gun maker suggested 3D printing gun parts and ammunition, and that the youth did not follow through because of the cost and technical feasibility.","causal_attribution":"The ISD's account. This passage does not involve the AI chatbot."},{"id":"c5","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'Even though there is no indication that evolving technologies, such as AI and 3D printing, have been used in any terrorist attack plot in Singapore, we are seeing an emerging trend of evolving technologies featuring in local youth self-radicalisation cases'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s2"},{"locator":"'Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging as a terrorism enabler for'","relation":"context","source_id":"s1"}],"assertion":"The ISD report cites the case as part of an emerging trend of evolving technologies in youth self-radicalisation cases, while stating that there is no indication that technologies such as AI and 3D printing have been used in any terrorist attack plot in Singapore.","causal_attribution":"The ISD's assessment of a trend; it does not attribute the attack plan to the chatbot."},{"id":"c6","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"'was identified during ISD’s investigations of'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'who was detained under the ISA in December 2024'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"},{"locator":"'The 17-year-old male was an online contact of 18-year-old Singaporean'; 'then a student, was radicalised by violent far-right extremist ideologies'","relation":"supports","source_id":"s3"}],"assertion":"The ISD says it identified the 17-year-old during its investigation of an 18-year-old far-right extremist detained in December 2024, of whom he was an online contact.","causal_attribution":"The ISD's account of how he came to its attention; the chatbot use played no reported part."}],"effects":[{"label":"a 17-year-old was detained under the Internal Security Act","claim_id":"c1","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"s1","url":"https://www.isd.gov.sg/news-and-resources/singapore-terrorism-threat-assessment-report-2025/","kind":"official_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"ISD landing page for the Singapore Terrorism Threat Assessment Report 2025, dated 29 July 2025, read live in English on 2026-10-03 and 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). It summarises the report and links the PDF; it does not describe this case.","independence_group":"isd-singapore"},{"id":"s2","url":"https://isomer-user-content.by.gov.sg/155/3c41ba65-fa24-4ef1-9bf9-0b79d892a742/sttar-2025-(final).pdf","kind":"official_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"Report PDF (14.9 MB) read on 2026-10-03 through pdftotext; HTTP 200 and the same size re-checked on 2026-10-04. The text is English although the PDF language tag says ar-SA. Line wrapping in the extracted text joins '17-year-old' as '17-yearold' in one passage.","independence_group":"isd-singapore"},{"id":"s3","url":"https://www.isd.gov.sg/news-and-resources/issuance-of-orders-under-internal-security-act--isa--against-two-self-radicalised-singaporean-youths--and-updates-on-isa-orders/","kind":"official_statement","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"ISD press release of 2 April 2025, read live in English on 2026-10-03 and 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). It announced the Order of Detention. It does not mention the AI chatbot in this youth's case; the chatbot it mentions concerns a 15-year-old in the same release.","independence_group":"isd-singapore"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use"],"contexts":["justice"],"unknowns":["Which AI chatbot the teenager used, when he searched it, and what it replied, including whether it supplied usable ammunition instructions or refused.","Whether the detention order remains in force; no later ISD update on this youth was inspected.","No inspected source states where the teenager used the AI chatbot; event_countries rests on the location of the planned attacks."],"geography":{"basis":"Carried forward from the metadata review of 2026-10-03 and re-checked on 2026-10-04. The ISD press release says he had taken steps in preparation for attacks against Muslims at mosques in Singapore and frequented the Jurong West area, and the report describes preparations for shootings at five mosques in Singapore. event_countries describes the attack preparations; no source says where he used the chatbot. The Order of Detention under the Internal Security Act is an executive order and no court proceeding is reported, so court_countries is empty. Countries of his online contacts and of places he considered buying guns are not event locations.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["SG"],"affected_person_countries":["SG"]},"publication":{"basis":"Full review on 2026-10-04 of a legacy row against the ISD's Singapore Terrorism Threat Assessment Report 2025 (landing page and PDF) and its press release of 2 April 2025, all official records read in English. The chatbot detail rests on the July 2025 report alone. A previously cited The Print item could not be read and was removed. Prose stating that the chatbot provided instructions was corrected because no inspected source says what the chatbot replied.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-04"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The ISD's Singapore Terrorism Threat Assessment Report 2025 states that the 17-year-old far-right extremist supporter detained in March 2025 had searched for instructions on an AI chatbot about producing ammunition. The ISD press release of 2 April 2025 that announced his detention does not mention the chatbot. No inspected source names the chatbot or says what it replied, and the report also says there is no indication that AI has been used in any terrorist attack plot in Singapore.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Re-checked on 2026-10-03 against the Internal Security Department (ISD) page for the Singapore Terrorism Threat Assessment Report 2025, the report PDF it links, and the ISD press release of 2 April 2025 that announced the detention, all read in English; The Print item could not be read. The press release states that the 17-year-old had taken steps in preparation for attacks against Muslims at mosques in Singapore and shortlisted five mosques there, and the report describes preparations to conduct shootings at five mosques in Singapore, which supports event_countries=SG. The press release says he frequented the Jurong West area of Singapore, which supports affected_person_countries=SG for the teenager who used the AI chatbot (location, not nationality; no inspected source names any harmed third party). He was issued an Order of Detention under the Internal Security Act, an executive order; no inspected source reports a court proceeding, so court_countries stays empty. No inspected source states where he used the AI chatbot, so event_countries describes the attack preparations, not the chatbot use. Countries named outside Singapore (a US-based online contact, and Malaysia or Thailand as places he considered buying guns) are contacts or options he considered, not event locations.","evidence":[{"kind":"existing_record","locator":"after preparing shooting attacks on Muslims at mosques in Singapore","location":"summary","supports":["event_countries"],"countries":["SG"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"had taken steps in preparation for attacks against Muslims at mosques in Singapore","location":"https://www.isd.gov.sg/news-and-resources/issuance-of-orders-under-internal-security-act--isa--against-two-self-radicalised-singaporean-youths--and-updates-on-isa-orders/","supports":["event_countries"],"countries":["SG"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"he had given greater thought to attacking Masjid Maarof, as he frequented the Jurong West area","location":"https://www.isd.gov.sg/news-and-resources/issuance-of-orders-under-internal-security-act--isa--against-two-self-radicalised-singaporean-youths--and-updates-on-isa-orders/","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["SG"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"had made extensive preparations to conduct shootings against Muslims at five mosques in Singapore","location":"https://isomer-user-content.by.gov.sg/155/3c41ba65-fa24-4ef1-9bf9-0b79d892a742/sttar-2025-(final).pdf","supports":["event_countries"],"countries":["SG"]}],"court_countries":[],"event_countries":["SG"],"affected_person_countries":["SG"]},"unresolved":["No court country: the Order of Detention under the Internal Security Act is an executive order, and no inspected source reports a court proceeding.","No inspected source states where the teenager used the AI chatbot; event_countries=SG rests on the location of the planned attacks.","The Print item could not be read (Cloudflare challenge live and in both Internet Archive captures, 16 Aug 2026 and 25 Sep 2026); the row dates it 17 Jan 2025, which would precede the March 2025 detention, but the date was not checked against the item.","Row-correction lead outside this metadata pass: the ISD press release of 2 April 2025 does not mention the AI chatbot in this case; among inspected sources the chatbot detail rests on the ISD Terrorism Threat Assessment Report 2025."],"reviewed_on":"2026-10-03","source_reviews":[{"url":"https://www.isd.gov.sg/news-and-resources/singapore-terrorism-threat-assessment-report-2025/","notes":"Read live on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200; html lang=en). English. ISD landing page for the Singapore Terrorism Threat Assessment Report 2025; it summarises the report and links the report PDF. The page itself does not describe the 17-year-old's case.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://isomer-user-content.by.gov.sg/155/3c41ba65-fa24-4ef1-9bf9-0b79d892a742/sttar-2025-(final).pdf","notes":"Read on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200, application/pdf, 14.9 MB; text extracted with pdftotext). The text is English; the PDF's /Lang tag says ar-SA, which does not match its content. The report states that the 17-year-old far-right extremist supporter detained in March 2025 searched for instructions on an AI chatbot about producing ammunition and considered 3D printing firearms, and that he prepared shootings at five mosques in Singapore.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.isd.gov.sg/news-and-resources/issuance-of-orders-under-internal-security-act--isa--against-two-self-radicalised-singaporean-youths--and-updates-on-isa-orders/","notes":"Read live on 2026-10-03 (HTTP 200; html lang=en). English. ISD press release of 2 April 2025, not cited on the row, which announced the Order of Detention issued in March 2025. It locates the planned attacks at mosques in Singapore and gives the Jurong West area. It does not mention an AI chatbot in the 17-year-old's case (the chatbot it mentions concerns the 15-year-old in the same release).","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://theprint.in/world/singapore-warns-of-elevated-terror-threat-amid-rising-extremist-ideologies/2705989/","notes":"Live fetches on 2026-10-03 returned HTTP 403 with a browser user agent and a Cloudflare 'Just a moment' challenge page with a plain request; both Internet Archive captures (16 Aug 2026 and 25 Sep 2026) are the same challenge page. Not read, so its language is not recorded here. The row dates this item 17 Jan 2025; that date was not checked against the item, so whether it reports this case is not established.","access":"unavailable","language":null}]},"name":"Singapore Far-Right Teen Plot (AI Chatbot Ammunition Search)","summary":"Singapore's Internal Security Department (ISD) says a 17-year-old far-right extremist supporter, detained under the Internal Security Act in March 2025 after preparing shooting attacks on Muslims at mosques in Singapore, had searched for instructions on an AI chatbot about producing ammunition and considered 3D printing his own firearms. The chatbot is not named, and what it replied is not reported.","incidentDate":"2025-03-15","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"month","exposurePattern":"unknown","reportedDate":"2025-04-02","aiSystem":"AI chatbot (unspecified)","aiProduct":"Unidentified chatbot","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"high","verificationStatus":"verified","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["legal_harm","loss_of_liberty"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The ISD says a 17-year-old who had prepared shooting attacks on mosques and had searched an AI chatbot for instructions on producing ammunition was detained under Singapore's Internal Security Act in March 2025.","frameworkFacets":[],"causationStatus":"unclear","participantUsersAffectedMin":1,"otherPeopleHarmedMin":0,"affectedCountStatus":"exact","affectedCountEvidence":"The ISD records one detained 17-year-old who used an AI chatbot. The planned attacks were not carried out, so the people at the mosques are intended targets and are not counted.","victimAgeRange":"minor","jurisdiction":"SG","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"regulatory_action","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.isd.gov.sg/news-and-resources/singapore-terrorism-threat-assessment-report-2025/","primarySourceLabel":"Internal Security Department, Singapore Terrorism Threat Assessment Report 2025, 29 July 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-01-22T07:15:38.750068+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T03:21:51.543496+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["terrorism","far-right","radicalization","minor","singapore","firearms","ammunition","3d-printing","foiled-plot","ai-chatbot"]},{"id":"2025-palm-springs-fertility-clinic-bombing","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"death","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Casualty paragraph below the assistance updates, beginning “We will continue to update the community”.","relation":"supports","source_id":"city"}],"assertion":"Official accounts report that the bombing killed the perpetrator and injured four other people on 17 May 2025.","causal_attribution":"This evidence does not establish that AI caused the death."},{"id":"interaction","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Paragraph beginning “Park sent the first shipments”, referring to records three days before the January 25 visit.","relation":"supports","source_id":"doj"}],"assertion":"Prosecutors say AI chat records show that the perpetrator researched the attack before a January 2025 visit from an alleged accomplice.","causal_attribution":"This evidence does not establish that AI caused the death."},{"id":"response","status":"documented","evidence":[{"locator":"Opening and charge paragraphs.","relation":"supports","source_id":"doj"}],"assertion":"Prosecutors announced an alleged accomplice’s arrest on a federal material-support charge in June 2025.","causal_attribution":"Documents the announcement; a criminal complaint’s allegations are not a conviction."}],"effects":[{"label":"Official accounts report that the bombing killed the perpetrator and injured four other people on 17 May 2025.","claim_id":"death","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"doj","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/washington-state-man-arrested-federal-charges-alleging-he-provided-material-support","kind":"prosecutor_statement","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English; no translation. Full substantive release inspected through web.run; local HTTP 200 extraction was empty and was not treated as evidence.","independence_group":"palm_springs_investigation"},{"id":"city","url":"https://engagepalmsprings.com/deadly-explosion-in-palm-springs","kind":"municipal_statement","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English; no translation. Attack chronology, June 4 update, casualty paragraph and assistance section inspected through web.run; repeated blocks are not additional evidence.","independence_group":"palm_springs_investigation"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use","others_use"],"contexts":["public_safety"],"unknowns":["The AI application and model remain unidentified.","The complete chat record and its contribution to the attack were not inspected or independently established.","Multiple publications of the investigator’s account are not independent AI evidence."],"geography":{"basis":"The city places the bombing and casualties in Palm Springs. DOJ identifies US criminal proceedings concerning an alleged accomplice; these are separate from the event location.","court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"The inspected sources describe a concrete adverse event and the specific chatbot interaction at issue. The account preserves attribution and separates the reported AI connection from a finding of causation.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"The prosecutor’s release specifically describes attack-related queries in AI chat records and places them within the planning chronology. The own-output evidence is incomplete: the product, full responses and their practical influence are not given. Current rules allow an attributed planning-use account without inferring unseen model replies.","status":"reported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Re-checked on 2026-09-30 against the U.S. Department of Justice press release of 4 June 2025, the CNBC report of 4 June 2025, the Wikipedia article and the AI Incident Database entry. The DOJ release states that Bartkus 'drove a car containing a bomb to a fertility clinic in Palm Springs on May 17', CNBC describes 'the bombing at a Palm Springs, California fertility clinic', and Wikipedia places the car bombing 'in Palm Springs, California, United States'; these support event_countries=US. The place where Bartkus used the AI chat program is not stated by any source. The DOJ release identifies Bartkus as 'of Twentynine Palms, California', and the injured victims were at the Palm Springs clinic, supporting affected_person_countries=US. The DOJ release says Park was 'arrested on a federal criminal complaint' and was 'expected to make his initial appearance today in United States District Court in Brooklyn, New York', and the release is issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California; these support court_countries=US. Park's detention in Poland and deportation to the United States is an administrative expulsion and is not recorded as a court country. The 09-15 existing_record evidence is carried forward.","evidence":[{"kind":"existing_record","locator":"bombing a Palm Springs fertility clinic","location":"summary","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["US"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, of Twentynine Palms, California, drove a car containing a bomb to a fertility clinic in Palm Springs on May 17.'","location":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/washington-state-man-arrested-federal-charges-alleging-he-provided-material-support","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["US"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'A Washington state man has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging he provided material support to the Palm Springs fertility clinic bomber'","location":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/washington-state-man-arrested-federal-charges-alleging-he-provided-material-support","supports":["court_countries"],"countries":["US"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'He is expected to make his initial appearance today in United States District Court in Brooklyn, New York.'","location":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/washington-state-man-arrested-federal-charges-alleging-he-provided-material-support","supports":["court_countries"],"countries":["US"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'Two men linked to the bombing at a Palm Springs, California fertility clinic last month used an artificial intelligence chat program to help assemble their bomb, federal authorities said.'","location":"https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/04/fbi-palm-springs-bombing-ai-chat.html","supports":["event_countries"],"countries":["US"]},{"kind":"source_body","locator":"'On May 17, 2025, a car bombing occurred at a reproductive center in Palm Springs, California, United States, killing the perpetrator, and injuring four others.'","location":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Palm_Springs_fertility_clinic_bombing","supports":["event_countries","affected_person_countries"],"countries":["US"]}],"court_countries":["US"],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"unresolved":["The place where Bartkus used the AI chat program is not stated in any inspected source; event_countries=US rests on the bombing in Palm Springs, California.","court_countries=US rests on the DOJ release (federal criminal complaint; initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, from the Central District of California office). The complaint and affidavit themselves were not read. Park's detention and deportation from Poland is recorded as an administrative expulsion, not a court proceeding."],"reviewed_on":"2026-09-30","source_reviews":[{"url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/washington-state-man-arrested-federal-charges-alleging-he-provided-material-support","notes":"Live fetch on 2026-09-30 returned HTTP 200 with an Akamai 'bm-verify' interstitial shell and no article. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 25 Sep 2026 (web.archive.org/web/20260925105106id_/...; html lang=en). English. U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California release of 4 June 2025: gives the Palm Springs clinic, Bartkus of Twentynine Palms, California, Park of Kent, Washington, the arrest at JFK after a flight from Poland, the initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, and Park's detention in Poland. The release does not mention the AI chat program.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/04/fbi-palm-springs-bombing-ai-chat.html","notes":"Live fetch on 2026-09-30 returned HTTP 403. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 25 Sep 2026 (web.archive.org/web/20260925105106id_/...; html lang=en). English. Reports federal authorities' statement that records from an AI chat application show Bartkus researched explosions using ammonium nitrate and fuel; gives the clinic's location and Park's arrest in New York City, and no place for the chat use.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Palm_Springs_fertility_clinic_bombing","notes":"Read live on 2026-09-30 (HTTP 200; html lang=en). English. Tertiary summary citing DOJ, NPR, NBC and others; gives the clinic address in Palm Springs, California, Bartkus's residence in Twentynine Palms, Park's death at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles on 24 June 2025, and his expulsion from Poland.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1104/","notes":"Read live on 2026-09-30 (HTTP 200; html lang=en-US). English. AI Incident Database entry 1104: an editor's description plus a list of three reports (DOJ, CNBC, New York Times) whose bodies load dynamically and were not read on this page; the description gives no location beyond Palm Springs.","access":"read","language":"en"}]},"name":"Prosecutors report chatbot research before the Palm Springs fertility-clinic bombing","summary":"The 17 May 2025 Palm Springs fertility-clinic bombing killed its perpetrator and injured four other people, according to official accounts. Prosecutors later said records from an unnamed AI chat application showed attack-related research months earlier. They did not identify the product or publish the complete replies in the inspected release. The chatbot’s contribution to the attack remains unclear.","incidentDate":"2025-05-17","incidentKind":"single_event","incidentDatePrecision":"day","exposurePattern":"repeated_interactions","reportedDate":"2025-06-04","aiSystem":"AI chatbot (unnamed)","aiProduct":"Unidentified chatbot","aiCompany":"Unknown","severity":"critical","verificationStatus":"credible","harmCategories":[],"harmOutcomes":["death","physical_injury","property_loss"],"harmOutcomeSummary":"The 17 May 2025 Palm Springs fertility-clinic bombing killed its perpetrator and injured four other people, according to official accounts. Prosecutors later said records from an unnamed AI chat application showed attack-related research months earlier. 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Official updates also describe unquantified property and community consequences, so five is not represented as a complete harm count.","victimAgeRange":"adult","jurisdiction":"US-CA","platformType":"chatbot","outcomeType":"criminal_charges","outcomeStatus":"unknown","primarySourceUrl":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/washington-state-man-arrested-federal-charges-alleging-he-provided-material-support","primarySourceLabel":"US Department of Justice — 4 June 2025","firstPublishedAt":"2026-01-22T07:15:07.634328+00:00","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T12:33:49.049443+00:00","scopeVersion":"facts-v3","tags":["terrorism","bombing","suicide","anti-natalism","fertility-clinic","california","extremism"]},{"id":"2025-livelsberger-cybertruck-chatgpt","caseFacts":{"claims":[{"id":"death","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Opening, investigation chronology and paragraph beginning “The explosion caused minor injuries”.","relation":"supports","source_id":"ap"}],"assertion":"Police reporting describes one death and seven other people injured in the Las Vegas attack on 1 January 2025.","causal_attribution":"This evidence does not establish that AI caused the death."},{"id":"interaction","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Opening and account of the 7 January police news conference.","relation":"supports","source_id":"ap"}],"assertion":"Police attributed attack-related research to the perpetrator’s ChatGPT searches.","causal_attribution":"This evidence does not establish that AI caused the death."},{"id":"response","status":"reported","evidence":[{"locator":"Company response following the sheriff’s remarks.","relation":"supports","source_id":"cbs"}],"assertion":"OpenAI told CBS News that ChatGPT gave publicly available information and warnings against harmful or illegal activity.","causal_attribution":"Separate company response; does not resolve whether the answers contributed materially to the attack."}],"effects":[{"label":"Police reporting describes one death and seven other people injured in the Las Vegas attack on 1 January 2025.","claim_id":"death","direction":"negative"}],"sources":[{"id":"ap","url":"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5251611/cybertruck-explosion-las-vegas-chatgpt-ai","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English; no translation. Full AP article body inspected; police briefing is the substantive source.","independence_group":"las_vegas_investigation"},{"id":"cbs","url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion-fire-chatgpt-plan/","kind":"news_report","access":"read","language":"en","translation_note":"English; no translation. Full article inspected, including separately obtained OpenAI response. Shared police evidence is not independent between outlets.","independence_group":"las_vegas_investigation"}],"version":1,"ai_roles":["own_use","others_use"],"contexts":["public_safety"],"unknowns":["The full search history, complete replies and their effect on the attack were not independently established.","The inspected news reports share the police briefing; OpenAI’s response is separate but does not independently verify the death."],"geography":{"basis":"AP and CBS place the attack and injured people in Las Vegas. AP describes the perpetrator’s Colorado residence. No court country is established by these sources.","court_countries":[],"event_countries":["US"],"affected_person_countries":["US"]},"publication":{"basis":"The inspected sources describe a concrete adverse event and the specific chatbot interaction at issue. The account preserves attribution and separates the reported AI connection from a finding of causation.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-05"},"ai_involvement":{"basis":"Police describe ChatGPT exchanges as part of the perpetrator’s planning. OpenAI acknowledges answers and warnings. The specific contribution to the completed act remains uncertain; the event concerns chatbot use, not a defect in autonomous driving.","status":"supported"},"person_relations":["communicated_with"]},"metadataReview":{"version":1,"geography":{"basis":"Carried forward from the 2026-09-15 metadata review and now supported by inspected bodies: NPR and CNN (7 January 2025) place the explosion outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day and attribute the ChatGPT finding to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department; the LVMPD after-action-report release and CBS News (Archive captures decoded on 2026-09-26) place it at the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on 1 January 2025. CNN and NPR report seven other people injured, which supports the affected-person country. 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Las Vegas police account of the ChatGPT use.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/us/las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion-livelsberger/index.html","notes":"Read live on 2026-09-26 (CNN, 7 January 2025; html lang=en). Sheriff McMahill's news-conference remarks and OpenAI's statement.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.lvmpd.com/Home/Components/News/News/2329/263","notes":"Read on 2026-09-26 from an Internet Archive capture decoded after the second-researcher check (the fetch tool had stored the gzip body raw; html lang=en). The page at this URL is the LVMPD release of the Cybertruck explosion after-action report, which places the explosion on 1 January 2025 at the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas; it is not the 7 January 2025 statement the retained row describes.","access":"read","language":"en"},{"url":"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion-fire-chatgpt-plan/","notes":"Read on 2026-09-26 from an Internet Archive capture decoded after the second-researcher check (html lang=en-US). Sheriff McMahill's account of the ChatGPT queries; places the bombing outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day.","access":"read","language":"en"}]},"name":"Police report ChatGPT use in planning the Las Vegas Cybertruck attack","summary":"Police said the man responsible for the 1 January 2025 Las Vegas Cybertruck attack used ChatGPT while planning it. He died before the explosion, which injured seven other people. 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