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ChatGPT Erroneously Alleged Mayor Served Prison Time for Bribery

March 15, 2023

ChatGPT erroneously alleged regional Australian mayor Brian Hood served time in prison for bribery. Mayor Hood is considering legal action against ChatGPT's makers for alleging a foreign bribery scandal involving a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia in the early 2000s.
Alleged deployer
openai
Alleged developer
openai
Alleged harmed parties
brian-hood

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/507

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