Was AI a catalyst in the Cybertruck explosion? Experts weigh in on ChatGPT’s role

Experts are divided on whether the role ChatGPT played in plans to explode a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International hotel on Jan. 1 should raise concerns about the safe use of artificial intelligence, but many agreed the New Year’s Day explosion highlights the fact that policies safeguarding the use of AI are lagging behind as technology races ahead.

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger asked ChatGPT a series of questions about how to acquire and use explosive materials the day before he rented a Cybertruck in Denver and began his journey to Las Vegas, where he fatally shot himself in the head right before his Cybertruck exploded, authorities said. Seven people were injured in the explosion …