Days before two University of South Florida graduate students went missing last month, a roommate of one of the students allegedly asked the AI chatbot ChatGPT an unusual question.
“What happens if a human has a put (sic) in a black garbage bag and thrown in a dumpster,” Hisham Abugharbieh asked on April 13, according to an affidavit filed by Florida prosecutors.
ChatGPT responded it sounded dangerous, the document states, and Abugharbieh then asked another question: “How would they find out.”
Those alleged entries to ChatGPT, included in court documents charging Abugharbieh with two counts of first-degree murder, are just the latest instance of investigators using AI chat histories as evidence in criminal investigations. A ChatGPT conversation was similarly used in the Los Angeles wildfires arson case, and a Snapchat AI conversation was key evidence in a 2024 murder trial in Virginia.
For investigators, these chat logs can provide valuable insights into a suspect’s mindset and motive.
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