Blocking outputs isn’t enough; dad wants OpenAI to delete the false information.

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.

  • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Are we sure that someone else with that name hasn’t committed those crimes? After all if I search my name it says I’m an astronaut, because there is an actual NASA astronaut with my name. It’s not saying I’m that person, it’s just saying that that name is the same as that person’s.