Further proof the machines are out to get us

First, they kind-of dominate Jeopardy (still might!). Then, they make Britons stab each other. Is this the most British crime story you’ve ever encountered?

Neil Brook, a 33-year-old currently on trial for murder in Manchester, England, says that he was forced to stab his neighbor Josef Witkowski to death over a misspelled text message. Yes, I know! Here is Brook’s version of events:

• 1. Brook sends Witkowski an SMS containing the word “mutter.” The phone’s predictive text software changes it to “nutter.”
• 2. Enraged by the text, Witkowski sends “a series of increasingly abusive messages” to Brook.
• 3. Witkowski comes to Brook’s home wielding a knife.
• 4. But! Brook had, “in advance of [Witkowski's] visit… taped two large knives around his flat—on the door and near his bathroom.”
• 5. Brook stabs Witkowski to death.

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