ChatGPT faces defamation lawsuit over radio host's 'hallucination'

A radio talk show host has filed what’s thought to be the first defamation lawsuit against artificial intelligence, alleging that Open AI’s ChatGPT produced a “hallucination” accusing him of involvement in a federal lawsuit over embezzlement charges.

Mark Walters filed a state complaint against OpenAI in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County in Georgia this month, asking for a jury trial to assess damages after ChatGPT produced a false complaint to a journalist about the radio host.