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AI Incidents

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

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