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FBI thwarts potential school massacre after teen asked ChatGPT to help plan it

New York Post

FBI thwarts potential school massacre after teen asked ChatGPT to help plan it

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The FBI thwarted a possible school massacre in Argentina after alerting law enforcement that a 15-year-old boy was mapping out an attack — and asked ChatGPT to help plan it. Quilmes prosecutor Alejandro de Mena told Infobae that the FBI reached out to authorities Aug. 15 after the teen had gone on the artificial intelligence chatbot several times to plan an attack at his school, Quilmes prosecutor Alejandro de Mena told Infobae. The boy initially wanted to carry out the massacre in 2027 and later went back to ChatGPT to seek information on moving up the attack to this month. FBI agents at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires filed a report with the Interpol and Argentina Federal Police, which probed the alarming development.

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