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Teenager who planned terror attack in Sydney tells court he was radicalised online and used AI to strategise
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Boy says he was first exposed to extremist material on TikTok, turned to Telegram and YouTube for bomb-making instructions, and used ChatGPT to devise his plans Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A teenager who admitted to planning a terrorist attack in
Boy says he was first exposed to extremist material on TikTok, turned to Telegram and YouTube for bomb-making instructions, and used ChatGPT to devise his plans Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A teenager who admitted to planning a terrorist attack in Sydney in 2024 has told the court he was radicalised online after first seeing extremist material on TikTok and used ChatGPT to form his plans. The 16-year-old, known under the pseudonym as RK due to his age, pleaded guilty to acts in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act. In a sentencing ruling on Monday, he avoided jail time, with the New South Wales supreme court ordering him into a three-year community corrections order.
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