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ChatGPT faces privacy violation for inventing a horrific murder case about an innocent man

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 20, 2025
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The Murder of the Sons of Edward IV, by Theodor Hildebrandt, (1835) Public Domain

ChatGPT fabricated a horrific false story about a Norwegian man murdering his children, sparking a new privacy complaint that challenges AI companies' responsibility for their tools' hallucinations.

The AI chatbot generated a detailed but completely fictional account claimin…

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