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Expert witness drafted Houston explosion liability report with ChatGPT, asserting 3M 0% fault
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An expert hired by 3M employed ChatGPT to generate large parts of his testimony report, aiming to show the company had no liability for the deadly Houston plant explosion.
The episode shows that AI-generated text can become part of high-stakes litigation, meaning engineers may see their technical analyses reproduced by language models in court. Disclosure of the prompts also demonstrates that AI usage can be discoverable, exposing the underlying assumptions and potentially embarrassing arguments.
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The witness used ChatGPT to produce major sections of an expert report defending 3M’s standard of care.
The AI prompts explicitly asked for a "0% at fault" argument and were later made public in court filings.
The case highlights that AI-generated content can appear in high-profile lawsuits, raising questions about reliability and legal disclosure.
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