China Reports 1st Arrest Over Fake News Generated Using ChatGPT

China has reported its first arrest related to the creation of fake news using ChatGPT. The arrest was made after a man created a story claiming that a crash had resulted in the deaths of nine construction workers in a city located in China's northwestern Gansu province.

A man in China’s Gansu province has been detained for allegedly using ChatGPT to generate a fake story about a train crash, marking China’s first arrest in an AI-related probe as Beijing tightens deepfake technology.

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