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ChatGPT falsely told man he killed his children

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Summary
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69% Informative

Norwegian man files complaint after ChatGPT said he killed his children and jailed for 21 years .

Chatbot 's maker, OpenAI , is accused of defamatory and breaching data protection rules.

Latest example of so-called "hallucinations" where AI systems present false information as facts.

VR Score

63

Informative language

57

Neutral language

24

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

46

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

2

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