Jonathan Rinderknecht, the 29-year-old Uber driver who has been arrested in connection with the Pacific Palisades fire which killed 12 people and destroyed 6,000 homes in Los Angeles, had asked ChatGPT to create ‘dystopian’ image of burning forests and crowds fleeing months before he started the blaze.

The fire, while it was put out at first, turned into a massive blaze as it was reignited by Santa Ana winds – making it one of the most destructive fires in the California history.

Investigators recovered an image from Rinderknecht’s digital devices that he generated on ChatGPT depicting a burning city, according to the complaint. Authorities have not disclosed a motive.

“While we cannot undo the damage and destruction that was done, we hope his arrest and the charges against him bring so

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