First Gangbuk motel homicide and reported ChatGPT evidence against Kim So-young
A man in his twenties died following a January 28, 2026 poisoning in a Seoul motel. Police found ChatGPT queries in suspect Kim So-young’s history and a court later treated information gathered online as evidence of awareness of the risk. AI causation was not established.
Margaux Whittemore Homicide and Reported ChatGPT Use by Her Husband
Margaux Whittemore was killed in Readfield, Maine, on February 19, 2025. During the criminal proceedings, a forensic psychologist testified that her husband had reported using ChatGPT intensively before the attack. A judge found him not criminally responsible because of a severe psychiatric episode; no court finding linked a specific ChatGPT output to the homicide.