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Man, 29, charged in connection with igniting Palisades Fire that killed a dozen people
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2:55Now PlayingA 29-year-old man named Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of igniting a fire in Los Angeles County that ultimately erupted into the Palisades Fire, the Department of Justice said. A dozen people were killed in the January blaze.
The suspect allegedly used a ChatGPT prompt to show "a burning forest and a crowd fleeing from it."
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