Defamation and AI

Defamation and AI

From Law, disrupted by Law, disrupted

March 19, 2026 · 17 min

About this episode

The episode discusses recent legal cases regarding defamation claims related to AI outputs.

John is joined by Robert M. (“Bobby”) Schwartz, partner in Quinn Emanuel’s Los Angeles office and co-chair of the firm’s Media & Entertainment Industry Practice, and Marie M. Hayrapetian, associate in Quinn Emanuel’s Los Angeles office. They discuss recent cases testing whether large language model AI outputs may give rise to defamation claims. In one recent Georgia case, a journalist asked ChatGPT about a lawsuit and received a response stating that a company executive was an embezzler, ...

People in this episode

Host: John

Guests: Robert M. (“Bobby”) Schwartz, Marie M. Hayrapetian

Topics covered

  • defamation
  • AI
  • law
  • media
  • entertainment
  • language models

Keywords

  • defamation
  • AI
  • ChatGPT
  • lawsuit
  • language model
  • legal cases
  • media
  • entertainment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Quinn Emanuel

Places: Los Angeles, Georgia

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