Incident #1736
Far-Right Teen in Singapore Reportedly Queried AI Chatbot About Ammunition While Planning Mosque Attacks
Description
Singapore authorities reported that a 17-year-old far-right extremist searched an unidentified AI chatbot for ammunition-making instructions while preparing attacks on Muslims at five mosques. He reportedly aimed to kill at least 100 people but failed to obtain a firearm and was detained before carrying out an attack. The public sources do not establish what the chatbot answered or whether its output aided his preparations.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- terrorism-suspects
- men-and-boys
- malicious-actors
- far-right-extremists
- extremists
- chatbot-users
- boys
- adolescents
- adolescent-boys
Alleged Developers
- large-language-model-developers
- chatbot-developers
Harmed Parties
- religious-communities
- muslims
- general-public-of-singapore
- general-public