OpenAI sued after ChatGPT falsely claims man embezzled money

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Man sues OpenAI claiming ChatGPT 'hallucination' said he embezzled money

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is facing a defamation suit from a man seeking damages over statements it delivered to a journalist. The suit says the AI platform falsely claimed he'd been accused of embezzling money from a gun rights group.

According to the complaint, a journalist named Fred Riehl, while he was reporting on a court case, asked ChatGPT for a summary of accusations in a complaint, and provided ChatGPT with the URL of the real complaint for reference. When Riehl asked for a summary, instead of returning accurate information, or so the case alleges, ChatGPT"hallucinated" that Mark Walters' name was attached to a criminal complaint – and moreover, that it falsely accused him of embezzling money from The Second Amendment Foundation, one of the organizations suing the Washington Attorney General in the real complaint.The Register

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