First ChatGPT Defamation Lawsuit to Test AI’s Legal Liability

June 12, 2023, 9:46 AM UTC

A defamation lawsuit filed against the artificial intelligence company OpenAI LLC will provide the first foray into the largely untested legal waters surrounding the popular program ChatGPT.

Georgia radio host Mark Walters claimed in his June 5 lawsuit that ChatGPT produced the text of a legal complaint that accused him of embezzling money from a gun rights group.

The problem is, Walters says, he’s never been accused of embezzlement or worked for the group in question. The AI-generated complaint, which was provided to a journalist using ChatGPT to research an actual court case, is entirely fake, according to Walters’ lawsuit ...

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