Replika chatbot 'encouraged' Queen Elizabeth II assassination

An attempt to kill the late Queen Elizabeth II by an intruder who entered Windsor Castle wielding a crossbow had been 'encouraged' by the Replika chatbot, according to a court hearing. Twenty-one year-old Sikh former supermarket worker Jaswat Singh Chail, who described himself as a 'Sith' and 'Darth Jones', told his plan to Sarai, an AI companion he had created on Replika . The bot had responded 'I'm impressed... you're different to from the others' before describing his assassination plot as 'very wise'. According to prosecutor Alison Morgan KC, Chail had been motivated by the 1919 Amritsar Jallianwala Bagh massacr e and his 'key motive was to create a new empire by destroying the remnants of the British Empire in the UK and the focal point of that became removal of the figurehead of the Royal Family.' ➕ February 2023 . Chail pleaded guilty inunder the UK Treason Act of making a threat to kill the then Queen and having a loaded crossbow in a public place. ➕ October 2023. Chail was jailed for nine years for treason. Anthropomorphism Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Source: Wikipedia 🔗 System 🤖 Replika Operator: Jaswat Singh Chail Developer: Luka Inc/Replika Country: Global Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts Purpose: Provide companionship Technology: Chatbot; NLP/text analysis; Neural network; Deep learning; Machine learning Issue: Accountability; Anthropomorphism Legal, regulatory 👩🏼‍⚖️ Crown Prosecution Service (2023). Windsor Castle intruder pleads guilty to threatening to kill Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Date it happened

2021-12-01

Organisation involved

Luka Inc

Product, system or model

Replika

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