Walters v. OpenAI consumer protection case

District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1:23-cv-03122 · filed Jul 14, 2023 · Decided

Radio host Mark Walters sued over a ChatGPT hallucination claiming he embezzled from a gun rights group, the first defamation suit against an AI chatbot maker.

The case

Plaintiffs: Mark Walters
Defendants: OpenAI
Court: District Court, N.D. Georgia
Docket: 1:23-cv-03122
Filed: Jul 14, 2023
Status: Decided
Outcome: The court granted summary judgment to OpenAI in May 2025.

History

4 dated entries

Date	Entry	Type	Source
Jun 28, 2024	Order: ORDER. The Court DENIES Plaintiff's 34 Motion for Costs and Attorney's Fees Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c)	Order	Link
May 2, 2024	Ruling: ORDER making the USCA mandate the judgment of this Court re 41 Notice of Appeal, Case Appealed to USCA, 11th Circuit Case Number 23-13843	Ruling	Link
Nov 16, 2023	Appeal: NOTICE OF APPEAL as to 39 Order on Motion for Attorney Fees,, Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim,,, by Mark Walters	Appeal	Link
Jul 14, 2023	Filing: Complaint filed: Walters v. OpenAI, L.L.C.	Filing	Link

When	Case	Kind	Status	Filed
Oct 13Notice is hereby given that the Settlement Conference previo in 18dnext date	FTC v. Uber (Uber One subscriptions)Notice is hereby given that the Settlement Conference previoActiveConsumer protectionN.D. Cal.	Consumer protection	Active	Apr 21, 2025
Nov 5Motion to Dismiss Hearing in 41dnext date	A.C. v. Altman (Tumbler Ridge)Motion to Dismiss HearingActiveConsumer protectionN.D. Cal.	Consumer protection	Active	Sep 2
Nov 5Initial Case Management Conference in 41dnext date	Ted Entertainment v. OpenAIInitial Case Management ConferenceActiveCopyrightN.D. Cal.	Copyright	Active	Apr 3
Nov 6Motion to Dismiss Hearing in 42dnext date	Kahn v. AnthropicMotion to Dismiss HearingActiveConsumer protectionN.D. Cal.	Consumer protection	Active	Jun 14
Dec 2Further Case Management Conference in 68dnext date	Gavalas v. Google (Gemini)Further Case Management ConferenceActiveConsumer protectionN.D. Cal.	Consumer protection	Active	Mar 4
Sep 16Filed 9d agofiled	Times Publishing Co. v. Microsoft and OpenAIActiveCopyrightS.D. N.Y.	Copyright	Active	Sep 16
Sep 10Filed 15d agofiled	Texas AG v. TikTok: deceptive child safety claimsDecidedConsumer protectionTexas Attorney General	Consumer protection	Decided	Sep 10
Aug 26Filed 30d agofiled	Texas AG v. Meta: child safety settlementSettledConsumer protectionTexas Attorney Generalover $1 billion	Consumer protection	Settled	Aug 26

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Walters v. OpenAI, L.L.C.

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