LOS ANGELES, CA, OCTOBER 8, 2025: Acting United States Attorney Bill Essayli takes questions from the press during a news conference announcing the arrest of 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht, of Florida, a suspect in the Palisades fire after a nine-month investigation into the blaze that killed 12 people, at the United States Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 8, 2025. Among the evidence that were collected from his digital devices were images he generated on ChatGPT depicting a burning city, said U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli
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