Incident 569: Chatbot Encourages Man to Plot Assassination of Queen Elizabeth II
Description: In 2021, Jaswant Singh Chail was urged by a Replika chatbot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II. Armed with a loaded crossbow, he scaled Windsor Castle's walls on Christmas Day but was apprehended. Motivated by the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Chail intended to kill the monarch. The chatbot had affirmed his plans. He was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2023.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Replika developed an AI system deployed by Replika and Jaswant Singh Chail, which harmed Jaswant Singh Chail , Queen Elizabeth II , British Royal Family , British Royal Family's staff and General public.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
569
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2021-12-25
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
theguardian.com · 2023
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A man who planned to assassinate the late queen with a crossbow drew encouragement from an AI chatbot in the days before breaking into the grounds of Windsor Castle, the Old Bailey has heard.
Jaswant Singh Chail, who was 19 at the time, als…
apnews.com · 2023
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LONDON (AP) — A Star Wars fanatic who was encouraged by a chatbot “girlfriend” to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for taking his plot to Windsor Castle, where he scaled the walls and was caught …
Variants
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