SAY WHAT?! When ChatGPT Gets it Wrong: Examining Generative AI, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and the Essence of Creativity

Since its November 2022 release, OpenAI’s large language model (“LLM”), ChatGPT, has become a household name, outscoring medical students on clinical exams, passing the bar, and polarizing academia. The wildly popular generative AI tool reached 100 million users in just sixtyone days, surpassing tech giants including Netflix, Instagram, and TikTok in reaching that milestone. ChatGPT’s robust performance in real-world applications has demonstrated its disruptive capabilities, triggering both societal excitement and concern. The advantages of this species of AI are seemingly endless: content creators can generate ideas, businesses can automate document creation, programmers can generate code, and much more.