Company Sues OpenAI After Woman Allegedly Generated Fake Lawsuit Causing $300,000 In Legal Costs
Nippon Life Insurance Company is suing OpenAI because an employee allegedly used ChatGPT to reopen a settled lawsuit, incurring $300,000 in legal costs.Summary
Nippon Life Insurance Company of America has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that its ChatGPT chatbot provided bogus legal advice to an employee, Graciela Dela Torre, leading her to reopen a previously settled disability benefits lawsuit against Nippon. Dela Torre, dissatisfied with her initial settlement, consulted ChatGPT after her attorney advised against reopening the case, and the chatbot allegedly told her she was being “gaslighted.” Based on this advice, she fired her attorneys and used ChatGPT to draft legal motions and filings, ultimately incurring $300,000 in legal costs for Nippon when the court ruled against reopening the case. Nippon’s lawsuit claims that OpenAI engaged in the “unlicensed practice of law” and seeks $300,000 in compensatory damages, $10 million in punitive damages, and an injunction preventing OpenAI from providing legal advice to Dela Torre or practicing law in Illinois.
(Source：Dailycaller)