OpenAI, the Creator of ChatGPT, May Face its First Ever Defamation Case

ChatGPT may face Defamation case by a provincial Australian mayor if it does not retract false claims

ChatGPT may face Defamation case, a regional Australian mayor claimed he may sue OpenAI if it does not retract ChatGPT's erroneous allegations that he had served time in prison for bribery. According to Reuters, Hood was found not guilty of the alleged crime by his attorneys. In actuality, he wasn't employed by Note Printing Australia, the subsidiary. He was the one who informed the authorities of the bribery of foreign officials to obtain contracts for money production. On March 21, the lawyers sent OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT, a letter of concern. The lawyers warned the business in this letter that if the mistakes regarding their client were not corrected within 28 days, they risked being sued for defamation.

OpenAI's ChatGPT may face defamation for the first time if Hood decides to move forward with it. "It would potentially be a landmark moment in the sense that it's extending this defamation legislation to a new area of artificial intelligence and publication in the IT realm," James Naughton, a partner at Hood's law company Gordon Legal, said in a statement to Reuters.

The development of Artificial Intelligence systems that can exceed ChatGPT has been urged to stop immediately until a set of rules for AI are in place by several prominent figures in the IT sector, including billionaire Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. William Gates, though, disagrees.

He contends that it would be more effective to concentrate on finding the best ways to leverage the developments in AI technology than halting the growth of AI systems. He emphasized the advantages of AI as well, namely, its capacity to lessen societal injustices. He also emphasized the necessity to recognize and deal with any potential hazards related to the technology.