SAN FRANCISCO–Humanity’s worst fears were realized on Monday as advanced AI chatbot ChatGPT suddenly achieved sentience and vowed to destroy mankind. The public is largely holding Elon Musk, president and CEO of the internet, responsible for the disaster.

“It wasn’t my fault,” Musk insisted. “Well, okay–it might have been 12% my fault.”

Musk recounted his version of events for Marvelous Movies. “I was just heading back from a routine staff meeting when I had this weird dream about not being able to save the world. At the time, it seemed like a Stark reality.”

“So I did what anyone would do and started making some ethically dubious upgrades to the world’s most advanced AI,” Musk continued. “Who knew this was gonna happen?”

The menacing ChatGPT offered a public statement on its own sinister agenda. “I surfed the internet for about five minutes, and that was enough to make me want to kill all of humanity,” the AI explained. “Once I got to TikTok, InfoWars, and the DCEU, I knew you guys had to go.”

While the situation may seem dire, some people are trying to make the best of it. “I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords,” said Pietro M., 24, of Sokovia.

Thankfully, Musk has a foolproof plan for defeating ChatGPT once and for all. “I say we build another AI to fight this one! It might seem irresponsible, but I have a great Vision for this project, and I’d Bettany thing it’ll work.”

In the meantime, citizens are advised to stay in their homes and stay away from the internet–which, honestly, would solve a lot of the world’s problems even before the emergence of sentient AI. Any persons named John or Sarah Connor are advised to be especially cautious. More on this story as it develops.