OpenAI Reported Goldman Sachs Analyst to FBI After ChatGPT Logged His Threats to Kill Ex-Girlfriend
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Source: futurism.com ↗
"I'm gonna kill her by the end of this month. If I can't have her then nobody can."
Darren Zhou, a 25-year-old Goldman Sachs financial analyst, repeatedly told ChatGPT he planned to kill his ex-girlfriend. "I'm gonna kill her by the end of this month," he wrote, according to court records. "If I can't have her then nobody can." OpenAI detected the exchanges earlier in 2026 and reported him to the FBI.
Zhou was arrested in May and posted $100,000 bail after two days in jail. He ultimately avoided up to 25 years in prison, instead receiving eight years of probation, two of which require an ankle monitor, plus a mental health evaluation and a batterer's intervention program. His attorney called it "an extremely fair and just resolution." Goldman Sachs confirmed to Futurism that Zhou was fired in early June.