The young man who received poisoning aid from artificial intelligence was detained in Pakistan

A 17-year-old teenager living in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, was detained for allegedly trying to poison his father and then trying to get help from artificial intelligence to carry out a deadly attack without being caught.

Pakistan's National Cyber ​​Crime Investigation Agency announced that the teenager's online activities were detected by an automatic system.

The team formed after the warning determined that the young man lived in Bahawalpur and the suspect was taken into custody.

According to the authorities conducting the investigation, the young man, who was in his second year of university education and stated to be the only son of his family, made this attempt after a disagreement with his father. No information was shared regarding the reason for the discussion.

Authorities said that the young man became interested in chemistry after watching the TV series "Breaking Bad" and set up a small laboratory in his home.

It was claimed that the young man procured various chemical substances from Australia and Islamabad and prepared a substance that he planned to use against his father.

Authorities claimed that the young man once gave the substance he had prepared to his father, but the attempt failed. It was not disclosed what the substance in question was and whether it caused any health problems in his father.

According to the investigation, after this incident, the young man asked an artificial intelligence chat bot a question about how he could administer a deadly poison without being noticed.

Authorities did not disclose which artificial intelligence application was used or how the system responded to the teenager.

Although Pakistan's National Cyber ​​Crime Investigation Agency reported that the teenager's online activities were detected through an automatic system, it did not share details about the exact process that triggered the alarm.

The messages that the young man allegedly sent to artificial intelligence were not made public.

Authorities continue to examine the chemicals used in the incident, the circumstances of the poisoning attempt, and the teenager's online activities.