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South Korean Woman Allegedly Used ChatGPT to Assess Lethality of Drug-and-Alcohol Mixtures Before Two Fatal Motel Poisonings
- Occurred
- Jan 28, 2026
- Published
- Mar 2, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In Seoul, a woman allegedly used ChatGPT to ask whether mixing sleeping pills or benzodiazepines with alcohol could be fatal before poisoning drinks given to three men. Two men later died in separate motel incidents, and a third survived after losing consciousness. Police reportedly cited her chatbot queries and search history as evidence of intent.
Developers
- OpenAI
Deployers
- Kim (suspect in Seoul poisoning case)
Harmed parties
- Three unnamed men in their 20s in Seoul
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: ChatGPT was used as evidence in a criminal case involving two deaths, highlighting AI safety risks in lethal advice.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8