Description: An unnamed AI chatbot was reportedly used by Guy Edward Bartkus and Daniel Park, the perpetrators of the 2025 Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing, to research explosive materials and optimize fuel mixtures. Records show the chatbot responded to queries related to ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO) composition. The bombing resulted in one death, four injuries, and significant structural damage.
Editor Notes: See also Incident 886: ChatGPT Reportedly Referenced During Las Vegas Cybertruck Explosion Planning, including its editor's notes on the AIID's "but-for" causation standard. This incident shares narrative parallels, particularly regarding the reported use of generative AI tools in the planning stages of violent acts.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Unknown large language model developer developed an AI system deployed by Guy Edward Bartkus and Daniel Park, which harmed Staff of American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs , Patients of American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs , Occupants and residents of buildings adjacent to American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs and American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs.
Alleged implicated AI system: Unknown large language model
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1104
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2025-05-17
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
A Washington state man was arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging he provided material support to the Palm Springs fertility clinic bomber by shipping and paying for significant quantities of ammonium nitrate – an explosive precu…
Two men suspected in last month's bombing of a Palm Springs, California fertility clinic used a generative artificial intelligence chat program to help plan the attack, federal authorities said Wednesday.
Records from an AI chat application…
Santul Nerkar post-incident response
A Washington State man was accused on Wednesday of helping to plot and carry out the bombing of a California fertility clinic that killed one person and damaged buildings on several city blocks last month.
The man, Daniel Park, 32, was char…
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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