ChatGPT falsely accuses Mark Walters of fraud and embezzlement (US defamation suit)
Date: 2023-06
Affected: Mark Walters / OpenAI
Attack vector: misinformation
Category: real-world
Severity: Medium

Georgia radio host Mark Walters sued OpenAI after ChatGPT fabricated a court complaint accusing him of embezzling money from a non-profit, citing a real case but inventing the allegation against him. The suit was an early test of LLM-defamation liability.


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