Days before two University of South Florida students went missing last month, a roommate asked ChatGPT an unusual question. "What happens if a human has a put (sic) in a black garbage bag and thrown in a dumpster," Hisham Abugharbieh typed on April 13, according to an affidavit filed by Florida prosecutors. ChatGPT responded that it sounded dangerous. Abugharbieh then asked another question: "How would they find out?" Those alleged ChatGPT entries are now part of court documents charging Abugharbieh with two counts of first-degree murder. This is not an isolated incident. Investigators are increasingly using AI chat histories as evidence in criminal cases. A ChatGPT conversation was used in the Los Angeles wildfires arson case. A Snapchat AI conversation became key evidence in a 2024 murder trial in Virginia. The message is clear: your conversations with AI chatbots are not private. They can be used against you in court — in the United States and in India. Read also: AI vs.…