AI-Assisted School Shooting Plot Foiled in Argentina
2026-10-13 | ARG | incident | safety
Our take
The FBI spotted the ChatGPT queries and alerted Argentine police, who arrested two men in Chaco. No attack occurred.
The facts
Two young men in Chaco, Argentina, were arrested after allegedly using ChatGPT to plan mass shootings at schools and a university. The FBI detected suspicious queries on the AI platform and alerted Argentine authorities, leading to the suspects' detention and the seizure of weapons and electronic devices. No attack occurred.