内容来源：https://www.theverge.com/news/796993/doj-chatgpt-ai-images-palisades-fire-california

内容总结：

美国司法部近日公布，一名涉嫌制造造成重大人员伤亡和财产损失的加州山火案的嫌疑人已被逮捕。检方指控其使用人工智能工具ChatGPT生成火灾图像，此举引发广泛关注。

据美国加州中区代理联邦检察官比尔·埃塞利在新闻发布会上透露，29岁的佛罗里达州居民乔纳森·林德克内希特被指控于2025年1月1日恶意引发"拉赫曼火灾"，该火势后续演变成加州史上破坏力第三大的"帕利塞德"特大野火。这场火灾席卷太平洋帕利塞德、托潘加和马利布等地，过火面积超过2.3万英亩，摧毁6000多座建筑，导致12人丧生。

检方表示，调查人员通过监控录像、证人证词和手机定位记录锁定嫌疑人。值得注意的是，在林德克内希特手机中发现其于火灾发生前数月，使用ChatGPT生成了一幅"描绘燃烧森林和逃亡人群的反乌托邦画作"。据《洛杉矶时报》获得的起诉书副本显示，嫌疑人还在纵火后通过语音助手查询"因香烟引发火灾是否需担责"。

目前该案仍在进一步审理中，人工智能技术在此类犯罪中的潜在影响已引起司法部门高度关注。

中文翻译：

联邦执法部门已逮捕一名与帕利塞德山火相关的纵火嫌疑人，这场大火导致12人丧生，过火面积达数千英亩。检方出示的关键证据中包括一张由ChatGPT生成的城市燃烧AI图像，据称系嫌疑人作案前数月制作完成。

美国司法部通报称，加州山火嫌疑人乔纳森·林德克内希特涉嫌使用ChatGPT生成城市燃烧图像。检方指控这名29岁佛罗里达居民在今年1月恶意引发最初被称为"拉赫曼火灾"的纵火案，虽经消防人员初步控制，火势复燃后最终演变成加州史上第三大破坏性山火。

根据加州政府数据，帕利塞德野火席卷太平洋帕利塞德、托潘加和马利布地区，焚毁超过2.3万英亩土地，6000余栋建筑化为灰烬。中加州地区代理联邦检察官比尔·埃塞利周三表示，调查人员通过监控录像、证人证词和手机定位记录确认林德克内希特曾出现在起火点附近。

埃塞利在新闻发布会强调，另有一项关键证据是嫌疑人通过ChatGPT生成的"部分描绘燃烧森林与逃亡人群的反乌托邦画作"。据《洛杉矶时报》获取的起诉书副本显示，案发时居住于太平洋帕利塞德的嫌疑人，被指控在去年12月31日深夜将网约车乘客送达后，将车辆停靠在骷髅岩步道入口附近。

起诉书详细描述，林德克内希特沿步道行走时持续用iPhone录像，同时收听法国说唱歌曲《Un Zder, Un Thé》——该曲音乐视频中包含点燃垃圾桶的画面。检方称其在元旦凌晨纵火后立即拨打911报警，通话期间竟向ChatGPT提问："若因香烟引发火灾是否应担责？"

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英文来源：

Federal law enforcement has arrested a suspect in connection with starting what became the Palisades blaze that killed 12 people and burned through thousands of acres. Among the evidence cited is an AI image of a burning city that the suspect allegedly generated with ChatGPT.
California arson suspect used ChatGPT to generate an image of a burning city, DOJ claims
Prosecutors accuse Jonathan Rinderknecht of generating the image a ‘few months’ before the Palisades fire.
Prosecutors accuse Jonathan Rinderknecht of generating the image a ‘few months’ before the Palisades fire.
Bill Essayli, the acting US Attorney for the Central District of California, said on Wednesday that federal law enforcement is charging 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht of Florida “with maliciously starting what became the Palisades Fire in January.”
The DOJ says investigators linked Rinderknecht to the crime with video surveillance, witness statements, and cellphone records that placed him near the start of the fire. During a press briefing, Essayli said other evidence includes a ChatGPT prompt for what Essayli describes as a “dystopian painting showing in part a burning forest and a crowd fleeing from it.” Essayli claims Rinderknecht used ChatGPT to create the image “a few months before” the fire started.
As noted by the DOJ, Rinderknecht is accused of lighting the Lachman Fire, which started burning on January 1st, 2025. Though firefighters managed to contain the initial blaze, it reignited and grew to become the Palisades wildfire — the third most destructive wildfire in California history. It swept through the Pacific Palisades, Topanga, and Malibu, burning over 23,000 acres and destroying more than 6,000 structures, according to data from the state of California.
Prosecutors claim that Rinderknecht, who lived in the Pacific Palisades at the time, dropped off a rideshare passenger on New Year’s Eve and then parked his car near a trailhead called Skull Rock. Rinderknecht allegedly started walking on the trail while taking videos with his iPhone. He also listened to “Un Zder, Un Thé,” a French rap song that has a music video showing someone lighting a trash can on fire, according to a copy of the complaint seen by the Los Angeles Times.
Rinderknecht allegedly lit the fire just after midnight on January 1st and then called 911 to report it. During his call, prosecutors claim, Rinderknecht asked ChatGPT, “Are you at fault if a fire is lift because of your cigarettes,” according to the LA Times.
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