Language models generate text based on statistical probabilities. This led to serious false accusations against a veteran court reporter by Microsoft's Copilot.

Language models generate text based on statistical probabilities. This led to serious false accusations against a veteran court reporter by Microsoft’s Copilot.

  • m4xie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The company’s terms of service disclaim liability for generated responses.

    The public prosecutor’s office in Tübingen, Germany, declined to press charges, saying that no crime had been committed because the author of the accusations wasn’t a real person.

    Well, what are we all complaining about then! It must be fine.