Police say the man who blew up Cybertruck in Las Vegas had a plan

The Las Vegas Police Investigated the Explosion of a Green Beret Sergeant Matthew Livelsberger, 37, during a Tesla Cybertruck Explosion

Trying the queries in ChatGPT today still works, however, the information he requested doesn’t appear to be restricted and could be obtained by most search methods. Still, the suspect’s use of a generative AI tool and the investigators’ ability to track those requests and present them as evidence take questions about AI chatbot guardrails, safety, and privacy out of the hypothetical realm and into our reality.

The officials say they are still looking into the source of the explosion to make sure it was not caused by a high explosives detonation that would have moved faster and caused more damage. While investigators say they haven’t ruled out other possibilities like an electrical short yet, an explanation that matches some of the queries and the available evidence is that the muzzle flash of a gunshot ignited fuel vapor/fireworks fuses inside the truck, which then caused a larger explosion of fireworks and other explosive materials.

The Las Vegas Metro Police also released several slides showing questions he’d posed to ChatGPT several days before the explosion, asking about explosives, how to detonate them, and how to detonate them with a gunshot, as well as information about where to buy guns, explosive material, and fireworks legally along his route.

LAS VEGAS — The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.

They confirmed that the suspect, an active duty soldier in the US Army named Matthew Livelsberger, had a “possible manifesto” saved on his phone, in addition to an email to a podcaster and other letters. They also showed video evidence of him preparing for the explosion by pouring fuel onto the truck while stopped before driving to the hotel. The officials said that he was not being surveilled or investigated, and that he did not have a criminal record.

Livelsberger, an Army Green Beret who deployed twice to Afghanistan and lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, left notes saying the explosion was a stunt meant to be a “wake up call” for the nation’s troubles, officials said last week.

Las Vegas police and federal law enforcement officials held a news conference about the New Year’s Day explosion.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Investigates Matthew Livelsberger, a U.S. Senator who was killed in a gunshot accident

“This is the first incident that I’m aware of on U.S. soil where ChatGPT is utilized to help an individual build a particular device,” he said. “It’s a concerning moment.”

Kevin Mc Mahill, the sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, said that the department was sharing information with other agencies because of the use of generative artificial intelligence.

An investigation of Livelsberger’s searches suggest that he was interested in information about the legality of fireworks in Arizona, as well as the speed at which certain rounds of bullets would travel.

Matthew Livelsberger died from a self inflicted gunshot to the head just before the truck blew up.

The blast caused seven people to be injured, but not a single damage to the hotel. Authorities said that Livelsberger did not act on his own.

The war in Ukranian was one of the many issues addressed in Livelsberger’s letters. He wrote that the U.S. was “terminally ill and headed toward collapse.”

Livelsberger has a hotel named after the president-elect and investigators were trying to figure out if he wanted to make a political point.