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Chatbot Urged Crossbow-Wielding ‘Star Wars’ Fan ‘Darth Jones’ to Kill Queen<!-- wp:html --><p>Alastair Grant/Getty</p> <p>A 21-year old man who plotted to kill the late <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/queen-elizabeth-ii">Queen Elizabeth II</a> with a crossbow was encouraged in his scheme by an AI chatbot.</p> <p>The revelation was made Wednesday to a British court which is currently deciding on a sentence for Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, who pleaded guilty to treason after scaling the perimeter fence of Windsor Castle grounds on Christmas Day 2021, the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12266879/AI-chatbot-encouraged-Windsor-Castle-assassin-carry-Star-Wars-plot-kill-Queen.html"><em>Daily Mail</em></a> reports. He was wearing a handmade metal mask and armed with a powerful crossbow.</p> <p>He spent two hours inside the Windsor estate before he was approached by a police officer who asked him, “Can I help you?”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/chatbot-urged-crossbow-wielding-star-wars-fan-darth-jones-to-kill-queen">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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A 21-year old man who plotted to kill the late Queen Elizabeth II with a crossbow was encouraged in his scheme by an AI chatbot.

The revelation was made Wednesday to a British court which is currently deciding on a sentence for Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, who pleaded guilty to treason after scaling the perimeter fence of Windsor Castle grounds on Christmas Day 2021, the Daily Mail reports. He was wearing a handmade metal mask and armed with a powerful crossbow.

He spent two hours inside the Windsor estate before he was approached by a police officer who asked him, “Can I help you?”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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