South Korean Woman Allegedly Used ChatGPT to Assess Lethality of Drug-and-Alcohol Mixtures Before Two Fatal Motel Poisonings

January 28, 2026

In a concerning incident in Seoul, a woman is accused of utilizing ChatGPT to ascertain the potential lethality of mixing sleeping pills or benzodiazepines with alcohol before poisoning drinks served to three men. Tragically, two men succumbed to these concoctions in separate motel incidents, while a third survived after losing consciousness. Authorities are reportedly scrutinizing her chatbot queries and search history as potential evidence of premeditation.

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Alleged deployer: kim-(suspect-in-seoul-poisoning-case)
Alleged developer: openai
Alleged harmed parties: three-unnamed-men-in-their-20s-in-seoul

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