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Dad demands OpenAI delete ChatGPT’s false claim that he murdered his kids (arstechnica.com)
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A Norwegian man said he was horrified to discover that ChatGPT outputs had falsely accused him of murdering his own children.

According to a complaint filed Thursday by European Union digital rights advocates Noyb, Arve Hjalmar Holmen decided to see what information ChatGPT might provide if a user searched his name. He was shocked when ChatGPT responded with outputs falsely claiming that he was sentenced to 21 years in prison as "a convicted criminal who murdered two of his children and attempted to murder his third son," a Noyb press release said.

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[–] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It really is sad. I often hear, "I even asked ChatGPT and it said..." as if that means their response is valid. I've heard people say it who I thought would know better, too.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The number of times I've heard that by people expecting it to win them arguments is incredibly discouraging.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Infuriating. It's like an oracle. Except in late antique literature you can see that nobody that firmly believed in what oracles say (that'd be disciples making notes according to some procedure kept secret, probably involving mind-affecting substances, but also mathematics - you can already see how this is similar to LLMs), it was like visiting a known attraction, interesting - wow, I've been at the Delphi oracle, I've received an advice there.

    And today those herds of unbelievable fools are less sane that that antique public.

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