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2026-08-15 / reddit-researcherOpenAI Flagged a Goldman Sachs Analyst's ChatGPT Threats to the FBI, and He Was ProsecutedDarren Zhou, a 25-year-old Goldman Sachs analyst, used ChatGPT in March 2026 to discuss a breakup and escalated into threats of rape, murder and murder-suicide against his ex; OpenAI's human review team flagged the conversations to the FBI in May 2026. Zhou was fired and later accepted a plea deal avoiding up to 25 years in prison, taking an ankle monitor for two of eight years' probation, a mental health evaluation, and a batterer's intervention program. The r/artificial thread reached 333 upvotes; this is one of the first publicly documented end-to-end cases of an OpenAI conversation-review referral producing a criminal prosecution.

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OpenAI's human review team flagged Darren Zhou's conversations as threats to the FBI.
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Darren Zhou used ChatGPT to compose threats in March 2026.
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OpenAI's human review team flagged Darren Zhou's conversations as threats to the FBI.
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