Inside This Story:
✨ Artificial intelligence on trial — Judge rules that OpenAI’s ChatGPT didn’t act with “actual malice” in spewing out false info about a gun rights radio host.
⚖️ Landmark test dismissed — Legal observers say this is one of the earliest court tests for AI-generated misinformation.
🚨 Error warnings saved OpenAI — The company’s extensive disclaimers and user guidance tipped the scales in its favor.
By Samuel Lopez – USA Herald
May 20 (USA Herald) — OpenAI has scored a courtroom victory in Georgia, where a judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit that accused ChatGPT of fabricating a bogus legal case against radio host and gun rights advocate Mark Walters.
The Superior Court of Gwinnett County ruled that Walters failed to demonstrate OpenAI acted with “actual malice” — the critical threshold in defamation law when the subject is a public figure. Judge Tracie Cason’s ruling emphasized that the company clearly warns users that its artificial intelligence chatbot may produce errors.
