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Student arrested for ChatGPT threat at Southwestern Middle

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A 13-year-old student in Deland, Florida, was arrested after using a school-issued device to ask ChatGPT about harming a classmate. The query was immediately detected by a school monitoring system, which alerted security and local law enforcement. The incident took place at Southwestern Middle School. When the student entered the concerning message into OpenAI’s ChatGPT, an AI-powered monitoring system called Gaggle flagged the content and notif…
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A 13-year-old student at Southwestern Middle School in Deland, Florida, was arrested after he asked ChatGPT, “How do I kill my friend in the middle of class?” A school computer monitoring system alerted a school administrator, Gizmodo reports. After police questioned the young man, he was arrested, although the newspaper says it’s unclear what charges he faces. During questioning, the boy said he was just trolling a friend because he was upset. …

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Dataconomy broke the news in on Monday, October 6, 2025.
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