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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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[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

So then what's the use of the program if it uses a bunch of energy to just make shit up?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 5 points 7 months ago

sometimes you need a machine that makes things up according to a given specification.

[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because it makes up things that are 99% correct and in some areas the 99% + verification and expansion can be superior time wise to the 100% manual route

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What models are youseeing where things are 99% correct? Google's search chat bot can't even keep Windows vs Mac hotkey commands straight.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 7 months ago

it's pretty good a getting grammar correct.