LLMMedium
Teenager in Quilmes, Argentina, Reportedly Consulted ChatGPT While Planning School Shooting Against Classmates
- Occurred
- Aug 19, 2026
- Published
- Sep 11, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Argentine authorities reported that a 15-year-old in Quilmes allegedly discussed a planned school shooting with ChatGPT, including tactical preparations, before an FBI alert prompted an investigation by the Argentine Federal Police. Police later seized phones and tactical clothing; no firearms or ammunition were reported. Public reporting does not establish what ChatGPT answered or whether it materially assisted the alleged plan.
Developers
- OpenAI
- Large language model developers
- Chatbot developers
Deployers
- Unnamed adolescent boy in Quilmes, Argentina
- Students
- School violence planners and assailants
- Minors
- Men and boys
- ChatGPT users
- Chatbot users
- Adolescents
- Adolescent boys
Harmed parties
- Victims of school violence planners and assailants
- Teachers
- Students
- Minors
- Educators
- Educational communities
- Classmates of unnamed adolescent boy in Quilmes, Argentina
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 75%
Rationale: Incident involves alleged use of ChatGPT in planning violence, but lack of evidence on model's actual contribution limits severity.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8