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OpenAI Sued for Libel After ChatGPT Allegedly Accuses Man of Embezzlement

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OpenAI Sued for Libel After ChatGPT Allegedly Hallucinates Man Into Embezzlement Lawsuit

Photo credit: Frank Hoermann / Sven Simon (AP). Article by Mack DeGeurin. Gizmodo – June 7, 2023.

When a journalist for an online gun website asked OpenAI’s ChatGPT to provide him a summary of the case The Second Amendment Foundation v. Robert Ferguson earlier this year, he said the AI chatbot quickly spat out an answer. It confidently complied, allegedly claiming the case involved a Georgia radio host named Mark Walters who was accused of embezzling money from The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF). The only problem: none of that was true. […]