Can AI commit libel? We're about to find out

The tech world's hottest new toy may find itself in legal hot water as AI's tendency to invent news articles and events comes up against defamation laws. Can an AI model like ChatGPT even commit libel? Like so much surrounding the technology, it's unknown and unprecedented -- but upcoming legal challenges may change that. Defamation is broadly defined as publishing or saying damaging and untrue statements about someone. It's complex and nuanced legal territory that also differs widely across jurisdictions: a libel case in the U.S. is very different from one in the U.K., or in Australia -- the venue for today's drama.