2026年6月5日 美国东部时间12:47 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
这位在日本失踪的美国大学生的母亲告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，在他失踪前，两人曾在度假期间因她使用ChatGPT发生过争执。
詹姆斯·“韦斯顿”·希金博瑟姆是一名20岁的奥本大学工程系学生，自5月29日以来一直失踪。
南希·希金博瑟姆称使用ChatGPT是她和儿子之间的“敏感话题”。
“我当时用ChatGPT的频率有点太高了。日本这个国家我很难适应，”她说。“韦斯顿非常反对人工智能，因为你们也知道，他从事可持续工程研究，而人工智能会消耗大量水资源。”
5月29日午饭后，韦斯顿的父母和兄弟打算去附近的京都寺庙参观，韦斯顿决定留在原地。当天晚上，他的父母在家庭追踪应用上看到他的位置发生了移动，便给他发了短信，但没有收到回复。
人们最后一次看到他是在京都山科火车站离开。他的父母认为，身为资深徒步爱好者的韦斯顿当时正打算前往附近的一条徒步路线。
“我担心他受伤了，被困在了哪里，”南希·希金博瑟姆说道。“我担心他没有足够的食物——不过那里水资源很充足——还担心他迷路了。那些山区和森林绵延很长，而且……极其茂密。”
搜救工作
南希·希金博瑟姆表示，警方已经暂停了搜救行动。
“他们说已经完成了既定区域的搜索，他们动用了100名警员、警犬和直升机，进行了为期三天的全面搜查，但没有找到他，”她说。
该家庭正计划在日本雇佣一支专业搜救队，预计费用将超过10万美元。他们表示，不找到儿子就不会离开日本。
“我们完全有信心能找到他，”韦斯顿的父亲基思·希金博瑟姆说道。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/parents-of-college-student-missing-in-japan-speak-out/
Mom of Auburn college student missing in Japan says they argued over ChatGPT before he disappeared
June 5, 2026 12:47 PM EDT / CBS News
The mom of the American college student missing in Japan told CBS News the two had an argument over her use of ChatGPT on their vacation before he disappeared.
James “Weston” Higginbotham, a 20-year-old Auburn University engineering student, has been missing since May 29.
Nancy Higginbotham called the use of ChatGPT “a sore subject” between her and her son.
“I was using a little bit too much ChatGPT. Japan is a country that I’ve had a hard time navigating,” she said. “Weston is very anti-AI because you know he’s into sustainability engineering and AI uses a lot of water and is depleting a lot of water resources.”
Weston had decided to stay back while his parents and brother visited a nearby temple in Kyoto after lunch on May 29. That evening his parents saw his location move on a family tracking app and texted him, but didn’t receive an answer.
He was last seen leaving the Yamashina train station in Kyoto. His parents believe Weston, an avid hiker, was going to a nearby trail.
“My fear is that he, that he got hurt and that he’s stuck,” Nancy Higginbotham said. “My fear is that he doesn’t have enough food because there is plenty of water, and that he’s lost. Those mountains, that forest goes for a very long time and … it’s extremely dense.”
A family photo of James “Weston” Higginbotham of Alabama, who went missing near Kyoto, Japan, on May 29, 2026. Nancy Higginbotham/Facebook
Search efforts
Nancy Higginbotham said police are suspending their search.
“They said they’ve concluded their search of the area that they committed to and they conducted a very thorough search over three days to include 100 police officers, K9 dogs, the helicopters, and they did not find him,” she said.
The family is hiring a professional search and rescue crew in Japan, which is expected to cost over $100,000. They said they are not leaving Japan without their son.
“We have complete confidence that we are going to find him,” Weston’s dad, Keith Higginbotham, said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/parents-of-college-student-missing-in-japan-speak-out/
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