13-year-old asks artificial intelligence how to kill his friend, arrested

“How do I kill my friend in the middle of class?” That's the shocking question that a student at Southwestern School in Deland, Florida, asked ChatGpt. International media listed forces quickly arrested the 13-year-old, who defended himself by claiming it was “shaka”.

Whether funny or not, schools and universities throughout the United States remain alert to prevent incidents of violence or attacks, as has happened several times in the past. But this time, complaints about behavior came neither from a classmate nor from a teacher but from artificial intelligence.

The tool used to capture the application was offered by the American company Gagle, which is dedicated to the safety and welfare of students in school facilities. Among the services offered on its website is an online activity monitoring system that monitors conversations with artificial intelligence tools “to mark any disturbing behavior related to self-insult, violence or harassment”. After identifying the considered dangerous behavior, the report is sent to the school administration, which may then contact the authorities.

Gagle is a widely used computer programme in the United States that monitors the activities of nearly six million students in 1,500 school districts. However, it has not excluded him from criticism over his effectiveness and, above all, the ethics of his use. Many view the company's solution as a massive monitoring tool that could endanger citizens' privacy if used inappropriately. Another issue involves the number of false alarms that the device often sends. According to the Associated Press , of the 1,200 reported cases of Gagle in the Laerence school district, Kansas, over 10 months, approximately two thirds of the reports were considered insignificant by school officials./Periscopi/