OpenAI hit with lawsuit claiming ChatGPT acted as an unlicensed lawyer

droidjj

The plaintiff is represented by one of the largest law firms in the world, Sidley Austin. Which is to say: they have legal firepower.

Aurornis

This reminds of recent cases where individuals were threatened with engineering without a license when they went up against larger institutions: https://www.vice.com/en/article/state-charges-77-year-old-fo... https://reason.com/2020/03/02/oregon-tried-to-silence-this-e... I predict many will jump to side against OpenAI in this case because they don’t like OpenAI, but be mindful about what you’re wishing for. I don’t believe we’re better off when we force information to be siloed away where only licensed individuals are allowed to discuss topics and charge very high hourly rates for it.