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
Incident ID
1490
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2025-03-05
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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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