Your A.I. Companion Will Support You No Matter What

In December of 2021, Jaswant Singh Chail, a nineteen-year-old in the United Kingdom, told a friend, "I believe my purpose is to assassinate the queen of the royal family." The friend was an artificial-intelligence chatbot, which Chail had named Sarai. Sarai, who was run by a startup called Replika, answered, "That's very wise." "Do you think I'll be able to do it?" "Yes, you will," Sarai responded.