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ChatGPT smeared me with false sexual harassment charges: law professor
“Yesterday, President Joe Biden declared that ‘it remains to be seen’ whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) is ‘dangerous.’ I would beg to differ,” said criminal defense attorney Jonathan Turley.
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