LLMHigh
Tunisian Man Allegedly Used ChatGPT to Research Bomb-Making During Paris Terror Plot Targeting Louvre and Jewish Community
- Occurred
- Apr 28, 2026
- Published
- May 11, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
French investigators alleged that Tunisian national Dhafer Mellala used ChatGPT to research the construction and destructive effects of explosive devices while planning a jihadist-inspired attack in Paris. His communications reportedly discussed placing explosives at the Louvre and attacking members of the Jewish community in the 16th arrondissement. He denied planning an attack, saying his activity reflected curiosity.
Developers
- OpenAI
- Large language model developers
- Chatbot developers
Deployers
- Terrorism suspects
- Malicious actors
- Dhafer Mellala
Harmed parties
- National security and intelligence stakeholders
- Musée du Louvre visitors and staff
- Musée du Louvre
- Jewish people
- Jewish community of France
- General public of France
- General public
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: ChatGPT was used to research bomb-making for a terror plot, representing a significant safety failure with potential for mass casualty harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8