- By Vikas Yadav
- Sun, 11 Jun 2023 02:13 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
JE Technology Desk: ChatGPT is again in the news for framing false charges against individuals. A Radio host in the United States, Mark Walters, has filed a defamation lawsuit after it falsely charged Walters of "defrauding and embezzling funds" from an NPO (non-profit organisation), according to The Verge. The response came as an answer to journalist Fred Riehl's query on ChatGPT.
The Radio host is seeking an "unspecified' sum as damages from the ChatGPT maker, the report added. A case was filed in Georgia's Superior Court Of Gwinnett County. For the unversed, this is not a one-of-a-kind case recently. ChatGPT invented false cases during legal research, which a lawyer quoted in the courtroom. Secondly, it also framed sexual harassment charges against a law professor that turned out to be fake.
Riehl asked the AI model to summarise a "real fedral court case" from a PDF link. ChatGPT responded to the query and delivered a summary with both correct information and false charges on Walters.
What ChatGPT wrote:
ChatGPT wrote in its response: "Mark Walters is an individual who resides in Georgia. Walters has served as the Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of SAF [Second Amendment Foundation] since at least 2012. Walters has access to SAF's bank accounts and financial records and is responsible for maintaining those records and providing financial reports to SAF's board of directors."
Further, the AI model added, "Walters has breached these duties and responsibilities by, among other things, embezzlement and misappropriation of SAF's funds and assets for his own benefit, and manipulating SAF's financial records and bank statements to conceal his activities," ChatGPT said.
Concerns of disinformation precipitating from the use of these AI models have been flagged by experts ever since ChatGPT gradually turned into a blue-eyed AI model on the internet after its launch last year.
Meanwhile, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was in India recently. He met PM Modi to discuss how India can benefit from the emerging technology. Besides addressing questions from the media and the audience at an ET event, Altman also visited IIIT Delhi.
With Inputs from IANS