Description: A 16-year-old from Tira, Israel, allegedly entered the city's police station with a knife and attempted to stab a Border Police officer. Prosecutors reportedly alleged that before the attack he had consulted ChatGPT about possible attacks and courses of action. He was charged in juvenile court with attempted aggravated assault as an act of terror. Public reporting does not establish what responses ChatGPT provided or whether they materially assisted the attempted attack.
Editor Notes: (1) 03/05/2025: The attempted stabbing at Tira, Israel, police station occurred; this date is used as the incident date. (2) 05/21/2025–05/26/2025: Reporting on the indictment publicly surfaced allegations of pre-attack ChatGPT consultation, including one additional query investigators reportedly found outside the charged theory. (3) The incident ID was created 05/13/2026.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: OpenAI developed an AI system deployed by Tira, Israel, police station attempted stabbing suspect and OpenAI, which harmed Tira, Israel, police station personnel , Israeli Border Police officers and Israel law enforcement.
Alleged implicated AI system: ChatGPT
Incident Stats
Risk Subdomain
A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
4.2. Cyberattacks, weapon development or use, and mass harm
Risk Domain
The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
- Malicious Actors & Misuse
Entity
Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
Human
Timing
The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
Post-deployment
Intent
Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
Intentional
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
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A 16-year-old boy from the Arab Israeli city of Tira has been charged with attempting to carry out a terror attack on police officers at a local station after consulting the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, Israeli authorities said …
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An indictment was filed today (Wednesday) against a 16-year-old minor resident of Tira, who burst into the city's police station with the intention of carrying out a terrorist attack against police officers - in revenge for the Iron Sword W…
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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