ChatGPT on a phone in San Francisco, March 21, 2025 (Kelsey McClellan/The New York Times)

A US middle school classroom turned into a real-life alert when a 13-year-old student allegedly typed into ChatGPT, “how to kill my friend in the middle of class,” on a school device — sparking a police response. The chilling message was flagged by the AI-monitoring system Gaggle, sending school authorities and law enforcement into immediate action.

The incident occurred at Southwestern Middle School in Florida and was logged by Gaggle, a monitoring system used on school computers to detect potential threats. Once the system flagged the message, it was forwarded to a campus police officer, who located and detained the student, according to a report by US news channel WFLA .

During questioning, th

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