Suspect in Palisades Fire Allegedly Used ChatGPT to Generate Images of Burning Forests and Cities

Maria Simulescu

More than eight months after the devastating Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County was finally contained, the Department of Justice on Wednesday announced that they had made an arrest in connection with the massive January blaze, which killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of structures in coastal communities, becoming one of the most destructive wildfires in California history. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, was apprehended Tuesday near his residence in Melbourne, Florida, and has been federally