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