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Norwegian Man Battles ChatGPT's False Murder Claims

3/21/2025

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A Norwegian man, Arve Hjalmar Holmen, is fighting back after ChatGPT wrongfully accused him of murdering his two children. With the digital rights group Noyb by his side, he argues this defamation breaches European data protection laws. Holmen, who has never been charged with a crime, fears the lasting harm of AI-generated falsehoods.

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A Norwegian man, Arve Hjalmar Holmen, is fighting back after ChatGPT wrongfully accused him of murdering his two children. With the digital rights group Noyb by his side, he argues this defamation breaches European data protection laws. Holmen, who has never been charged with a crime, fears the lasting harm of AI-generated falsehoods.