OpenAI LLC was unable to quickly end a defamation lawsuit from a conservative radio host in Georgia who alleged the company’s AI chatbot ChatGPT made false claims that he embezzled money from a gun-rights organization.
Judge Tracie Cason of the Gwinnett County Superior Court in Georgia denied OpenAI’s motion to dismiss in a one-page order on Jan. 11, but didn’t provide a reason for the decision.
The first-of-its-kind defamation suit against a generative AI product is set to test the legal limits of the new technology, which is known to produce false outputs known as “hallucinations.”
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