The article only mentions one thing that connects the suspect to the fires - the ChatGPT generated picture. I hope the case is built on more than that.
Perhaps more incriminating, he reported the fire via a 911 call while incorrectly claiming where he was located. Confusing to me is that the fire took seven days to conflagrate. So was the 911 call the night of starting it or a week later? If the night of, why wasn't it extinguished? If a week later, was he nearby adding fuel to it or something?
There were two additional fire-related chats cited in TFA:
> Mr Rinderknecht also asked ChatGPT: "Are you at fault if a fire is lift [sic] because of your cigarettes?" Investigators said the suspect wanted to "preserve evidence of himself trying to assist in the suppression of the fire". "He wanted to create evidence regarding a more innocent explanation for the cause of the fire," the indictment said.
> A month before allegedly setting the fire, Mr Rinderknecht allegedly inputted a prompt to ChatGPT that included the text: "I literally burnt the Bible that I had. It felt amazing. I felt so liberated."
I wish news articles would link directly to charging documents when they’re public.
Here it is (PDF): https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26183108/usa-v-rinder...
The article only mentions one thing that connects the suspect to the fires - the ChatGPT generated picture. I hope the case is built on more than that.
Perhaps more incriminating, he reported the fire via a 911 call while incorrectly claiming where he was located. Confusing to me is that the fire took seven days to conflagrate. So was the 911 call the night of starting it or a week later? If the night of, why wasn't it extinguished? If a week later, was he nearby adding fuel to it or something?
There were two additional fire-related chats cited in TFA:
> Mr Rinderknecht also asked ChatGPT: "Are you at fault if a fire is lift [sic] because of your cigarettes?" Investigators said the suspect wanted to "preserve evidence of himself trying to assist in the suppression of the fire". "He wanted to create evidence regarding a more innocent explanation for the cause of the fire," the indictment said.
> A month before allegedly setting the fire, Mr Rinderknecht allegedly inputted a prompt to ChatGPT that included the text: "I literally burnt the Bible that I had. It felt amazing. I felt so liberated."
Ah, my mistake. I couldn't see that part of the article under the ads.
May be time to start using adblockers?
I wonder if ChatGPT can be cross examined at trial?
Prosecutor: Did the defendant do it?
ChatGPT: Yes! -fire emoji-
Defense attorney: I don't think the defendant did it, he said he was elsewhere.
ChatGPT: You're right! The defendant is innocent!