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Convincing someone to commit a crime is a crime. If a gun manufacturer made a gun that encourages its users to commit crimes, that would also be a crime. I think OpenAI created a product that encouraged Stein-Erik to commit a crime.


> Convincing someone to commit a crime is a crime.

This comes up often in discussion, and it's a crime only if the suggestion is for imminent criminal action. If it's a passive suggestion for the future, it's just free speech, which is not a crime.


Some of the ChatGPT chat logs shared in the filing are requests to take immediate action



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