Saed News: The latest court hearing has been held for a woman who allegedly killed two men in South Korea several months ago after discussing poisoning with “ChatGPT,” while the lawyer for one of the victims’ families emphasized the role of the AI chatbot in the killings.
According to SAEDNEWS, ChatGPT has recently been linked to several criminal acts, including the murder case of two men by a woman in South Korea allegedly with the help of the AI chatbot, which made headlines several months ago.
“What happens if you take sleeping pills and alcohol together?”
South Korean police say these were among the questions that “Kim So-young” allegedly asked ChatGPT shortly before giving a mixture of alcohol and benzodiazepines to two men, leading to their deaths.
Prosecutors claim that Kim gave these drugs to three men, two of whom died while the third became ill. Investigators relied on Kim’s conversations with ChatGPT, which were legally extracted from her phone, to prove intent.
Nam Eonho, senior attorney at Vincent and lawyer for one victim’s family, said in a phone interview:
“This issue is not only important as evidence in itself, but also because it demonstrates that conversations with ChatGPT can be accepted as direct evidence in a murder case. If such evidence is not accepted, proving the defendant’s intent to kill — which is a key element of the crime — would be difficult.”
NBC News contacted South Korea’s Supreme Prosecutors’ Office for comment, but the office did not respond. Kim denied any intention to commit murder and told the court that the deaths were accidental. Eonho stated that the evidence found in the conversations contradicts her claims.
The case, which may be the first of its kind in South Korea, is part of a growing series of major criminal cases in which individuals are accused of using artificial intelligence programs to assist violent crimes.
In most reported cases, ChatGPT has been mentioned, but Gemini, Google’s AI chatbot, was also recently named in a civil lawsuit claiming that it helped a man allegedly planning a mass-casualty attack near Miami Airport.
