A court file now holds 30 pages of ChatGPT advising a vandal.
A Missouri student who smashed 17 cars last year confessed to ChatGPT minutes later, court records show. The chatbot told him texts and stories count as evidence and offered ways to stay invisible. He pleaded guilty, drew five years of probation, and a reporter obtained the transcript by records request.
Why it mattersWhat you type into a chatbot is a document someone can ask a court for. It is not a diary and it is not privileged like a lawyer's notes.
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