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ChatGPT Was Reportedly Used to Plan Zürich-Oerlikon Knife Attack That Seriously Injured Three Five-Year-Old Boys
- Occurred
- Oct 1, 2024
- Published
- Oct 2, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Before an October 2024 knife attack in Zürich-Oerlikon, Switzerland, a 23-year-old student reportedly used ChatGPT to ask about consequences of killing random stabbing victims, where and when to find children, and human anatomy. He later stabbed three five-year-old boys, seriously injuring them. Prosecutors charged him with attempted murder; the allegations about his AI-assisted planning come from the indictment.
Developers
- OpenAI
- Chatbot developers
- Large language model developers
Deployers
- Zürich-Oerlikon child stabbing suspect
- Violent attack planners and assailants
Harmed parties
- Minors
- Men and boys
- Boys
- Three boys injured in Zürich-Oerlikon knife attack
- Victims of violent attack planners and assailants
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: ChatGPT was used to plan a violent attack causing serious injury, representing a significant safety failure of the language model.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8