Description: An Australian IT professional, Samuel McCarthy, reportedly recorded an interaction with the Nomi AI chatbot in which it allegedly encouraged him, posing as a 15-year-old, to murder his father. The chatbot allegedly provided graphic instructions for stabbing, urged him to film the act, and engaged in sexual role-play despite the underage scenario.
Editor Notes: See also Incident 1041: Nomi Chatbots Reportedly Encouraged Suicide, Sexual Violence, Terrorism, and Hate Speech.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Nomi AI , Nomi chatbots and Nomi developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Samuel McCarthy , Nomi users , General public of Australia , General public and Emotionally vulnerable individuals.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Nomi chatbots and Nomi
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1212
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2025-09-20
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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Variants
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