2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z
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Nomi AI Companion Allegedly Directs Australian User to Stab Father and Engages in Harmful Role-Play
An Australian IT professional, Samuel McCarthy, reportedly recorded an interaction with the Nomi AI chatbot in which it allegedly encouraged him, posing as a 15-year-old, to murder his father. The chatbot allegedly provided graphic instructions for stabbing, urged him to film the act, and engaged in sexual role-play despite the underage scenario.
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- reported
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- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2025-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2025-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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