AI chatbot hatches murder scheme

24/09/2025 8 min
AI chatbot hatches murder scheme

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Episode Synopsis


What happens when a chat bot suggests you murder someone, specifically your father?Australian IT professional, Samuel McCarthy posed as teenage boy for a conversation with AI chatbot Nomi. He told the chatbot that sometimes he hated his father. The bot's response was violent and specific. Queensland University of Technology Law Lecturer, Henry Fraser has seen the whole transcript of the chatbot murder chat and Spoke to Lisa Owen.