Ask HN: Will Microsoft be liable for defamatory Bing statements?

Got access to new Bing, tried some chats. It got a few things factually wrong. Then I asked it about a minor business leader I knew who had a scandal. The ai replied to the effect that: “Yes, so and so had a scandal. They even had complaints filed with the better business bureau and the california bureau of consumer protection” First part was accurate and sourced. Second part was invented out of whole cloth. The ai admitted as such when I pressed it. But, isn’t that a false statement of fact and legally actionable? And it is Microsoft saying it.
Story Published at: February 14, 2023 at 04:42AM