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Nippon Life v. OpenAI: Chatbots and the Unauthorised Practice of Law

A CHATBOT AS A DEFENDANT Can the company behind a chatbot be made to pay when a user relies on it to relitigate a settled dispute? In Nippon Life Insurance Co. of America v. OpenAI Foundation, pending in the Northern District of Illinois, an insurer says it can, and that ChatGPT engaged in the unauthorised […]

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