Incident #678·Misinformation
Purported ChatGPT Factual Errors Reportedly Led to Filing of Complaint of GDPR Privacy Violation
Description
The activist organization noyb, founded by Max Schrems, reportedly filed a complaint in Europe against OpenAI alleging that ChatGPT violates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by providing inaccurate personal information such as birthdates about individuals.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- chatgpt
Alleged Developers
- openai
- large-language-model-developers
Harmed Parties
- noyb
- max-schrems
- general-public
- privacy
Classification
Risk Domain
MisinformationRisk Subdomain
3.1. False or misleading information
MIT Risk Profile
AIUnintentionalPost-deployment
Source
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