When Norwegian citizen Arve Hjalmar Holmen asked ChatGPT about himself, the AI system responded with a disturbing fabrication. But it's unclear how this came about.
According to the data protection organization noyb, the chatbot falsely claimed Holmen had murdered two of his children and attempted to kill a third, even inventing a 21-year prison sentence for these fictional crimes.
The system's response mixed truth with fiction in an unusual way. While the murder allegations were completely false, ChatGPT somehow knew accurate details about Holmen's life, including his hometown and the correct number and gender of his children - information the system shouldn't have, according to noyb.
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The origin of these false claims remains a mystery. While similar AI mistakes often stem from confusion with namesakes or misinterpreted sources - like in the case of court reporter Martin Bernklau, who was portrayed as the perpetrator by Microsoft Copilot when he had only reported on crimes - noyb's research through newspaper archives found no connection between Holmen's name and any murder cases.
The full context of this ChatGPT interaction isn't publicly available. While noyb says that Holmen previously asked the system about his brother and had other conversations in the same chat context, the organization only released the screenshot showing the murder accusation, not the full conversation history.
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