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ChatGPT: Platform, Publisher, or Something Else?

AI systems blur the line between distributing and generating information. The law depends on that distinction, and is struggling to keep up.

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Richard Nield
Apr 23, 2026
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We’ve all heard of AI hallucinations: when an AI platform confidently produces information that turns out to be wrong. But when a chatbot produces false, or defamatory, content, who is responsible?

In the blink of an eye, AI has fundamentally changed how we use the internet. Ask ChatGPT a question, and rather than a list of links or references, you often…

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