Thousands of Incorrect ChatGPT-Produced Answers Posted on Stack Overflow

November 30, 2022

A significant influx of incorrect answers, generated by OpenAI's ChatGPT, was posted on Stack Overflow. This deluge overwhelmed the platform's volunteer-driven quality assurance process, causing confusion and harm to users seeking accurate solutions.

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MEASURE 4.2 — similarity 0.631, rank 1. TAIM detail and related incidents →
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Alleged deployer: openai
Alleged developer: openai
Alleged harmed parties: stack-overflow-users, stack-overflow

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