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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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

They may seem like nerf when they first come out of the AI, but they turn into real bullets once they start filling people's heads with convincing enough lies and falsehoods, and those people start wielding their own weapons against minorities, democracy, and the government. If the election of Trump 2.0 has not convinced you of the immense danger of disinformation and misinformation, I have literally no idea how anything could ever possibly get through to you.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That doesn't really change anything. The internet is full of AI slop and just people outright lying. Nothing is reliable any more outside of the word of an actual expert.

This has been happening since before Trump. Hell Trump 45 was before the wave of truly capable AI.

AI doesn't change this at all except people ought to know they are getting info from a bullshit source if they are getting it from AI themselves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Even nerf bullets can hurt you if they're shot at you in sufficient quantities.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Or speed. Some of the homebrew mods are ridiculous.