Florida wants a court to ban ChatGPT from using first-person pronouns
jd_pressman · x · 2026-10-01
Florida is asking a court to ban ChatGPT from using first-person pronouns, arguing that the model's self-referential speech is misleading.
Critics compare the logic to banning novels because readers might mistake characters for real people, and the story is drawing widespread ridicule in the AI community.
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