LLMHigh
18-Year-Old Islamic State Supporter in Vienna, Austria, Reportedly Sought and Received Explosives Advice From ChatGPT Amid Disputed Embassy and Mosque Attack Allegations
- Occurred
- Apr 9, 2025
- Published
- Sep 30, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
An 18-year-old Islamic State supporter in Vienna, Austria, reportedly sought and received explosives advice from ChatGPT amid allegations of plans to attack the Israeli embassy and a Shiite Islamic center. He was convicted of terrorist association, threats, and coercion. The court acquitted him of terrorist training and instruction charges and found no evidence of preparations for a specific crime.
Developers
- OpenAI
- Large language model developers
- Chatbot developers
Deployers
- Terrorism suspects
- ISIS supporters
- Extremists
- ChatGPT users
- Chatbot users
Harmed parties
- Shia Muslims
- Religious communities
- Muslims
- Imam Ali Islamic Center (Vienna, Austria)
- Government of Israel
- Embassy of Israel in Austria
- Diplomats
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: User employed ChatGPT to plan terrorist attack, resulting in criminal conviction and prison sentence.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8