Incident #1645
3M-Retained Expert Reportedly Submitted Largely ChatGPT-Generated Analysis Seeking to Exonerate 3M as Expert Evidence in Explosion Lawsuit
Description
3M-retained expert Josh Autenrieth reportedly submitted an expert report substantially generated with ChatGPT after prompting it to show 3M was "0% at fault" for a 2020 Houston industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed roughly 200 homes. Plaintiffs were thereby presented with purported expert evidence substantially drafted toward a requested conclusion by an AI system, prompting extensive discovery and trial scrutiny.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- josh-autenrieth
- expert-witnesses
- engineers
Alleged Developers
- openai
- large-language-model-developers
- chatbot-developers
Harmed Parties
- plaintiffs-in-watson-grinding-explosion-litigation
- legal-system
- judicial-integrity
- epistemic-integrity
- courts