I dia -o igi
tee age
cha ged
with
double
mu de
of
mothe ,
b othe
i
Massachusetts.
Co espo de t
f om
Washi gto :
Befo e
police
fou d
his
mothe
a d
you ge
b othe
dead
i side
thei
quiet
subu ba
home
i
Acto ,
outside
Bosto ,
17-yea -old
A ju
A avi d
had
allegedly
bee
explo i g
a
da k
wo ld
o li e
–
usi g
the
i te et
a d
ChatGPT
to
sea ch
fo
ideas
a d
c eate
fictio al
sce a ios
about
killi g
his
ow
family.That
evelatio ,
disclosed
by
local
Dist ict
Atto ey
Ma ia
Rya ,
has
t a sfo med
a
al eady
ho ific
double
homicide
i to
a
case
with
a
u settli g
21st-ce tu y
dime sio :
the
i te sectio
of
t oubled
youth
a d
digital
co ve satio s
o
tap
i
the
age
of
a tificial
i tellige ce.A avi d
is
accused
of
killi g
his
mothe ,
Sudha
Ve katesa ,
45,
a d
his
14-yea -old
b othe ,
Siddha th
A avi d,
at
thei
home
o
Tuesday.
He
faces
two
cou ts
of
mu de ,
alo g
with
assault
a d
batte y
a d
moto -vehicle
cha ges.
A
ot-guilty
plea
was
e te ed
o
his
behalf
o
Thu sday,
a d
he
was
o de ed
held
without
bail
while
u de goi g
a
me tal-health
evaluatio
afte
he
was
b ought
to
the
cou t
i
ha dcuffs
a d
leg
shackles.Rya
said
A avi d
had
ece tly
displayed
“co ce i g
behavio ,”
i cludi g
usi g
the
i te et
a d
ChatGPT
to
develop
“theo etical
ideas
o
fa tasy
sto ies
ega di g
the
killi g
of
his
family.”
She
disclosed
he
had
c eated
what
appea ed
to
be
Gothic- ovel-style
sto ies,
aski g
questio s
a d
c eati g
cha acte s
whose
ci cumsta ces
seemed
co ected
to
th eats
agai st
his
family.Police
we e
summo ed
afte
A avi d’s
fathe
Sukuma a
could
ot
each
his
family
a d
a
tuto
a ivi g
fo
a
scheduled
appoi tme t
could
ot
get
i to
the
house.
Office s
fou d
Siddha th
o
the
fi st
floo
a d
his
mothe
i
the
baseme t,
both
dead
with
t auma
i ju ies
afte
sig s
of
st uggle.
A avi d
allegedly
fled
i
his
mothe ‘s
Ho da
Acco d
a d
was
fou d
i side
the
ca
i
eighbo i g
Wayla d
ea ly
Wed esday
whe
he
was
a ested
without
i cide t.The
case
is
pa ticula ly
ja i g
fo
I dia -Ame ica
families
because
such
killi gs
emai
a e,
although
the e
is
a
hau ti g
p ecede t
i
the
Washi gto
a ea.
I
Ma ch
2005,
Jaya t
Kadia ,
the
a
20-yea -old
college
stude t,
killed
his
mothe ,
Ki a
Kadia
–
whose
husba d
Rajesh
Kadia ,
a
st ategic
affai s
comme tato ,
was
a
familia
figu e
i
thi k-ta k
ci cles
i
the
Capital
–
at
the
family’s
Vi gi ia
home.
Ki a
was
stabbed
epeatedly
while
p epa i g
food.
Jaya t
late
pleaded
guilty
to
seco d-deg ee
mu de
a d
eceived
a
20-yea
p iso
se te ce.The e
is
o
c edible
atio al
database
showi g
how
f eque tly
mat icide
o
pat icide
occu s
specifically
amo g
I dia -Ame ica s.
Natio al
esea ch
shows
that
pa icide
–
a
child
killi g
a
pa e t
–
itself
is
elatively
a e;
a
majo
study
fou d
mat icide
co stitutes
less
tha
2
pe ce t
of
US
homicides
i
which
the
victim-offe de
elatio ship
is
k ow .But
what
makes
the
Acto
case
especially
ala mi g
is
that
i vestigato s
have
e cou te ed
somethi g
p evious
ge e atio s
of
cops
a d
p osecuto s
could
sca cely
have
imagi ed:
a
alleged
kille
leavi g
behi d
co ve satio s
with
a
machi e
about
viole t
fa tasies.
That
matte s
because
you g
people
a e
i c easi gly
tu i g
to
AI
fo
advice
a d
emotio al
suppo t.A
ece t
study
fou d
that
o e
i
eight
adolesce ts
a d
you g
adults
epo ted
usi g
ge e ative
AI
fo
me tal-health
advice.
Resea che s
have
wa ed
that
cu e t
AI
safety
evaluatio s
may
miss
da ge s
a isi g
i
eal-wo ld
i te actio s
with
vul e able
youth.
At
the
same
time,
social-media
compa ies
face
sco es
of
lawsuits
allegi g
that
thei
platfo ms
ca
co t ibute
to
ha mful
effects
o
you g
people,
allegatio s
the
compa ies
dispute.I
the
Acto
killi gs,
howeve ,
the
tech ological
debate
is
seco da y
fo
ow
to
a
family
a d
commu ity
t agedy.
As
Rya
put
it,
the
commu ity
a d
the
school
system
we e
e te i g
“a
ve y
da k
a d
lo g
p ocess.”