Lawsuitsby GlyphWalters v. OpenAI consumer protection case
Brought by
Mark Walters
v.
Defendants
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
- 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 entriesORDER. The Court DENIES Plaintiff's 34 Motion for Costs and Attorney's Fees Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c)Source
ORDER making the USCA mandate the judgment of this Court re 41 Notice of Appeal, Case Appealed to USCA, 11th Circuit Case Number 23-13843Source
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 WaltersSource
Complaint filed: Walters v. OpenAI, L.L.C.Source
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