Australian Mayor to file Defamation Lawsuit against ChatGPT: First of its Kind

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SYDNEY: Australian mayor ready to file a suit against ChatGPT if it did not correct false claims that the mayor had served time in imprisonment due to bribery. Brain Hood, an elected Mayor of Hepburn Shire, located at the northwest of Melbourne, said in a statement. This could be the first defamation lawsuit against the AI application.

Brian Hood told by the public about that ChatGPT has listed his name in the foreign bribery scandal that involved subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia in the early 2000s. He did work for the subsidiary, Note Printing Australia at that time. He notified authorities about payment of bribes to foreign officials to win printing contracts but never charged with a crime. Lawyers remarked.

The lawyers sent a letter of concern to ChatGPT owner OpenAI on March 21. They had given twenty-eight days to fix the errors about their client or face a possible defamation lawsuit.

The letter has not been responded yet by OpenAI, that is based in San Francisco, nor it did respond to an email by Reuters.

"He's an elected official, his reputation is central to his role," Naughton expressed in a statement. As Hood relied on a public record of shining a light on corporate misconduct, "so it makes a difference to him if people in his community are accessing this material". He also added.

Summary:

·        Australian Mayor, Brian Hood to file Defamation Lawsuit against ChatGPT

·        ChatGPT has written a false claim that he remained in jail for bribery.

·        This affected his image publicly.

·        His laywers clarified that he notified to authorities about the payment of bribe to the foreign official to win printing currency contracts.

·        His Lawyers sent letter to ChatGPT, OpenAI owner, based in San Francisco.

·        No response of the letter so far.

(Courtesy: Gulf News)