Section 230
Section 230 Won’t Protect ChatGPT
Generative AI products won’t receive the same Section 230 protections as other tech products. What will that mean for the future of the technology and the rules that govern it?
Matt Perault is the director of the Center on Technology Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a professor of the practice at UNC’s School of Information and Library Science, and a consultant on technology policy issues.
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Generative AI products won’t receive the same Section 230 protections as other tech products. What will that mean for the future of the technology and the rules that govern it?
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