ChatGPT won't enjoy same protection under Section 230 as social media, expert says

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OpenAI's wildly popular ChatGPT program won't receive the same protections enjoyed by social media when it comes to legal responsibility for content, according to an analysis by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scholar Matt Perault posted Thursday on the blog Lawfare.

"Courts will likely find that ChatGPT and other LLMs are information content providers," wrote Perault, referring to the "large language models" that power ChatGPT and many similar natural language AI programs. 

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That has led to consternation among US legislators on both sides of the aisle who are displeased with the content moderation policies of Meta and Twitter and other companies for one reason or another, Perault noted.

OpenAI's ChatGPT is likely to not get the protection of Section 230, Perault believes.

According to Perault, "The relevant question will be whether LLMs 'develop' content, at least 'in part'."

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