Jaswant Singh Chail became the first person convicted of treason in the UK in 40 years after embarking on a failed attempt in 2021.
As Motherboard opens its coverage of the case:
A man who admitted attempting to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II with a crossbow…
Say what you will about “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” but it’s a lot easier to stop a guy lugging a medieval bolt thrower like he’s planning to off Tywin Lannister than someone with a Glock.
…after discussing his plan with an AI-powered chatbot has been sentenced to 9 years in prison for treason.
A futuristic piece of tech convinced someone to try to kill the Queen?
Again?
I literally can’t read more of this – can you?
