Death penalty sought in ChatGPT-linked double murder case

South Korean investigators say the accused woman asked the chatbot about potentially lethal drug combinations before two men died South Korean prosecutors have sought the death penalty for a woman accused of killing two men with drug-laced drinks after allegedly consulting ChatGPT about potentially lethal combinations and dosages.Kim So-young is accused of giving beverages spiked with benzodiazepines to three men between December 2025 and February this year. Two died, while the third survived, according to Yonhap. She is also charged with injuring three other men using similar methods.Prosecutors asked the Seoul Northern District Court on Tuesday to sentence Kim to death during the final hearing of her trial.Kim has denied intending to kill the men and has claimed she gave them the drinks to prevent unwanted physical contact.However, police have said they recovered ChatGPT conversations from Kim’s phone in which she asked about the effects of combining sleeping pills with alcohol, what amounts could be dangerous, and whether the mixture could prove fatal.According to investigators cited by NBC News, one of the three men at the center of the murder case survived after spending two d...