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ChatGPT-Assisted University Email Addressing Mass Shooting Denounced by Students

February 16, 2023

Vanderbilt University's Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion used ChatGPT to write an email addressing student body about the 2023 Michigan State University shooting, which was condemned as "impersonal" and "lacking empathy".
Alleged deployer
vanderbilt-university
Alleged developer
openai
Alleged harmed parties
vanderbilt-university-students, vanderbilt-university

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