ChatGPT Reportedly Made up Facts when Prompted about Scandals of a Real Law Professor
March 17, 2023
When prompted about scandals involving a law professor, ChatGPT cited non-existent accusations, events, quotes, reports, and sources involving a real law professor's name.
- Alleged deployer
- openai
- Alleged developer
- openai
- Alleged harmed parties
- openai, pseudonymized-law-professor
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/512
Data source
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