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Three boys injured in Zürich-Oerlikon knife attack

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Incident 16914 Report
ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

2024-10-01

Before an October 2024 knife attack in Zürich-Oerlikon, Switzerland, a 23-year-old student reportedly used ChatGPT to ask about consequences of killing random stabbing victims, where and when to find children, and human anatomy. He later stabbed three five-year-old boys, seriously injuring them. Prosecutors charged him with attempted murder; the allegations about his AI-assisted planning come from the indictment.

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Zürich-Oerlikon child stabbing suspect

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1691
    4 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

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Violent attack planners and assailants

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1691
    4 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

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OpenAI

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1691
    4 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

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Chatbot developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1691
    4 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

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Large language model developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1691
    4 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

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Minors

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1691
    4 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

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Men and boys

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1691
    4 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

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Boys

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1691
    4 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

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Victims of violent attack planners and assailants

Incidents Harmed By
  • Incident 1691
    4 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

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Chatbots

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1691
    4 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

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ChatGPT

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1691
    4 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

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Large language models

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1691
    4 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

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OpenAI large language models

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1691
    4 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

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AI search technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1691
    4 Reports

    ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys

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