ChatGPT reported user to FBI; ex-Goldman analyst gets 8 years probation
ns123abc · x · 2026-08-17
Darren Zhou, a 25-year-old former Goldman Sachs analyst in Florida, spent months venting violent fantasies about his ex-girlfriend to ChatGPT. OpenAI flagged the conversations, the FBI notified local police, and Zhou was arrested in May. The chat logs were used to obtain a search warrant; he was charged with aggravated stalking and written threats, pleaded guilty, and received 8 years of probation. A landmark case of AI chat logs directly triggering a criminal prosecution.
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