ChatGPT school of poisoning

A North Carolina school therapist is facing attempted murder charges after she allegedly spiked her estranged husband's energy drink with poison.

Cheryl Harris Gates, 42, who is an employee of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) as an occupational therapist, was arrested on Friday (October 10) and an investigation has been launched. As well as attempted murder, she is charged with contaminating food or drink to render one mentally incapacitated or physically helpless, stalking, and damage to property.

Gates is accused of spiking her husband's Celsius energy drink with prescription medication, allegedly with the aim of incapacitating him. 

Before she allegedly committed the crime, MailOnline reports that the therapist used ChatGPT to 'research lethal and incapacitating drug combinations that could be ingested and injected'. She reportedly used the artificial intelligence programme between July 8 and September 29 to 'investigate lethal and incapacitating prescription drug combinations and the effects of oleander, ricin, and fox glove poisoning', according to court filings. It also revealed that the two were not living together and authorities found a slew of items in Gates' home that were collected as evidence.

The publication reports that these included syringes, a capsule filling kit, medical droppers, scales and medications.