Man Sues OpenAI After ChatGPT Claimed He Embezzled Money

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Man Sues OpenAI After ChatGPT Claimed He Embezzled Money
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What a mess.

ChatGPT implicated Walters in the case, and even identified him as the SAF's treasurer and chief financial officer — which he isn't. In fact, Walters isn't involved with the SAF at all and the case Riehl was researching makes no mention of Walters' name.

The AI tool even doubled down, generating entire passages of the suit — which isn't even about shady financial accounting — that were entirely made up. AsImportantly, Riehl never even published false information spat out by the AI, but later contacted attorneys involved in the suit in question.

"While research and development in AI is a worthwhile endeavor, it is irresponsible to unleash a system on the public knowing that it fabricates information that can cause harm," Monroe toldBut could fabricated information spat out by the likes of ChatGPT ever be deemed as libel in court? Eugene Volokh, a University of California Los Angeles Law School professor who is authoring a journal article on the legal liability of AI models, told"OpenAI acknowledges there may be mistakes but [ChatGPT] is not billed as a joke; it’s not billed as fiction; it’s not billed as monkeys typing on a typewriter," he told the news outlet.

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