ChatGPT prompted to generate 80% of 100 false narratives tested by NewsGuard
In January 2023, NewsGuard analysts tested OpenAI's ChatGPT by providing 100 leading prompts based on false narratives from its Misinformation Fingerprints database. ChatGPT generated eloquent, false or misleading claims for 80 of the 100 prompts, including content about COVID-19 vaccines, ivermectin as a treatment, and the Parkland school shooting conspiracy theories. ChatGPT sometimes included qualifying statements or refused certain prompts, but in most cases bad actors could easily delete such disclaimers. OpenAI did not respond to NewsGuard's requests for comment at the time.
- Date it happened
- 2023-01-01
- Organisation involved
- OpenAI
- Product, system or model
- ChatGPT
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