Is ChatGPT spreading falsehoods about you? The AI program might be exposing itself to a wave of defamation lawsuits for its tendency to make up facts, including about people’s reputations. 

As Reuters reports, a mayor in Australia, Brian Hood, has threatened to sue ChatGPT’s developer, OpenAI, because the program has been mistakenly claiming he pleaded guilty in a bribery scandal back in the 2000s.

Hood was actually the whistleblower behind the bribery scandal, which involved a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia, and he was never charged with a crime. According to Reuters, Hood’s lawyers sent a letter to OpenAI on March 21, demanding they correct the error in 28 days or face a defamation lawsuit.