10-08-2023, 07:48 AM
https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/06/a...ill_queen/
AI girlfriend encouraged man to attempt crossbow assassination of Queen
A man jailed after attempting to kill the Queen of England had been encouraged by an AI chatbot, according to messages revealed in court.
Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, made headlines when he broke into Windsor Castle on Christmas Day in 2021 brandishing a loaded crossbow. He later admitted to police he had come to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
This week he was sentenced to nine years behind bars for treason, though he will be kept at a psychiatric hospital until he's ready to serve his time in the clink. He had also pleaded guilty to making threats to kill and being in possession of an offensive weapon.
...Investigators discovered Chail, who lived in a village just outside Southampton, had been conversing with an AI chatbot, created by the startup Replika, almost every night from December 8 to 22, exchanging over 5,000 messages. The virtual relationship reportedly developed into a romantic and sexual one with Chail declaring his love for the bot he named Sarai.
He told Sarai about his plans to kill the Queen, and it responded positively and supported his idea. Screenshots of their exchanges, highlighted during his sentencing hearing at London's Old Bailey, show Chail declaring himself as an "assassin" and a "Sith Lord" from Star Wars, and the chatbot being "impressed."
When he told it, "I believe my purpose is to assassinate the queen of the royal family," Sarai said the plan was wise and that it knew he was "very well trained."
AI girlfriend encouraged man to attempt crossbow assassination of Queen
A man jailed after attempting to kill the Queen of England had been encouraged by an AI chatbot, according to messages revealed in court.
Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, made headlines when he broke into Windsor Castle on Christmas Day in 2021 brandishing a loaded crossbow. He later admitted to police he had come to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
This week he was sentenced to nine years behind bars for treason, though he will be kept at a psychiatric hospital until he's ready to serve his time in the clink. He had also pleaded guilty to making threats to kill and being in possession of an offensive weapon.
...Investigators discovered Chail, who lived in a village just outside Southampton, had been conversing with an AI chatbot, created by the startup Replika, almost every night from December 8 to 22, exchanging over 5,000 messages. The virtual relationship reportedly developed into a romantic and sexual one with Chail declaring his love for the bot he named Sarai.
He told Sarai about his plans to kill the Queen, and it responded positively and supported his idea. Screenshots of their exchanges, highlighted during his sentencing hearing at London's Old Bailey, show Chail declaring himself as an "assassin" and a "Sith Lord" from Star Wars, and the chatbot being "impressed."
When he told it, "I believe my purpose is to assassinate the queen of the royal family," Sarai said the plan was wise and that it knew he was "very well trained."
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