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3M-Retained Expert Reportedly Submitted Largely ChatGPT-Generated Analysis Seeking to Exonerate 3M as Expert Evidence in Explosion Lawsuit
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In brief
An AI system built by Openai, Large Language Model Developers and 1 other and deployed by Josh Autenrieth, Expert Witnesses and 1 other allegedly harmed Plaintiffs In Watson Grinding Explosion Litigation, Legal System and 3 others.
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What happened
3M-retained expert Josh Autenrieth reportedly submitted an expert report substantially generated with ChatGPT after prompting it to show 3M was "0% at fault" for a 2020 Houston industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed roughly 200 homes. Plaintiffs were thereby presented with purported expert evidence substantially drafted toward a requested conclusion by an AI system, prompting extensive discovery and trial scrutiny.
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Who was involved
- Alleged deployer
- Josh Autenrieth, Expert Witnesses, Engineers
- Alleged developer
- Openai, Large Language Model Developers, Chatbot Developers
- Alleged harmed party
- Plaintiffs In Watson Grinding Explosion Litigation, Legal System, Judicial Integrity, Epistemic Integrity, Courts
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Source record: incident #1645 on the AI Incident Database · all 2 reports