Ex-Goldman Sachs employee gets probation after ChatGPT report to FBI
ns123abc · x · 2026-08-17
A 25-year-old former Goldman Sachs analyst was sentenced to eight years' probation after ChatGPT reported messages he sent detailing plans to kidnap, rape, and kill his ex-girlfriend. The chatbot's safety mechanisms flagged the conversation and forwarded it to the FBI, who used the logs to obtain a search warrant.
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