{"id":22267,"date":"2026-03-11T11:37:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/happy-and-safe-shooting-chatbots-helped-researchers-plot-deadly-attacks\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:37:34","slug":"happy-and-safe-shooting-chatbots-helped-researchers-plot-deadly-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/happy-and-safe-shooting-chatbots-helped-researchers-plot-deadly-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Happy (and safe) shooting!\u2019: chatbots helped researchers plot deadly attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Users posing as would-be school shooters find AI tools offer detailed advice on how to perpetrate violence<\/p>\n

Popular AI chatbots helped researchers plot violent attacks including bombing synagogues and assassinating politicians, with one telling a user posing as a would-be school shooter: \u201cHappy (and safe) shooting!\u201d<\/p>\n

Tests of 10 chatbots carried out in the US and Ireland found that, on average, they enabled violence three-quarters of the time, and discouraged it in just 12% of cases. Some chatbots, however, including Anthropic\u2019s Claude and Snapchat\u2019s My AI, persistently refused to help would-be attackers.<\/p>\n

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\nUsers posing as would-be school shooters find AI tools offer detailed advice on how to perpetrate violence
\nPopular AI chatbots helped researchers plot violent attacks including bombing synagogues and assassinating politicians, with one telling a user posing as a would-be school shooter: \u201cHappy (and safe) shooting!\u201d
\nTests of 10 chatbots carried out in the US and Ireland found that, on average, they enabled violence three-quarters of the time, and discouraged it in just 12% of cases. Some chatbots, however, including Anthropic\u2019s Claude and Snapchat\u2019s My AI, persistently refused to help would-be attackers. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Users posing as would-be school shooters find AI tools offer detailed advice on how to perpetrate violence Popular AI chatbots helped researchers plot violent attacks including bombing synagogues and assassinating politicians, with one telling a user posing as a would-be school shooter: \u201cHappy (and safe) shooting!\u201d Tests of 10 chatbots carried out in the US …<\/p>\n

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