ChatGPT-4 generates false accusations and quotes about law professors
OpenAI's ChatGPT-4 generated false accusations and fabricated quotes about law professors when asked about scandals and crimes involving law professors. The system produced entirely made-up newspaper citations and quotes, falsely alleging misconduct such as harassment and tax fraud. The article reports that these hallucinations could mislead users who trust the generated quotes. The author corrected an earlier error attributing similar results to ChatGPT-4 instead of ChatGPT-3.5, but confirmed that ChatGPT-4 also produces such false outputs.
- Date it happened
- 2023-03-22
- Organisation involved
- OpenAI
- Product, system or model
- ChatGPT-4
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