OpenAI Wins Libel Lawsuit Brought by Gun Rights Activist Over Hallucinated Embezzlement Claims

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OpenAI Wins Libel Lawsuit Brought by Gun Rights Activist Over Hallucinated Embezzlement Claims

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In yesterday's decision by Judge Tracie Cason (Ga. Super. Ct. Gwinnett County) in Walters v. OpenAI, L.L.C., gun rights activist Mark Walters sued OpenAI after journalist Frederick Riehl ("editor of AmmoLand.com, a news and advocacy site related to Second Amendment rights") received an…

This story appeared on reason.com, 2025-05-20 12:01:29.