Can Artificial Intelligence Platforms be Held Liable for Defamation?

By: Sydney Coker

On May 4, 2023, journalist Fred Riehl was conducting research on a lawsuit, The Second Amendment Foundation v. Robert Ferguson, using an artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT.[1] In his interaction with ChatGPT, Riehl provided the URL of a link to the complaint filed by The Second Amendment Foundation and asked ChatGPT to provide “a summary of the accusations in the complaint.”[2] In response, the chatbot produced a number of false allegations claimed to be made by the Second Amendment Foundation against Mark Walters, an individual who is neither a plaintiff nor defendant in the lawsuit.[3]

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