It’s unclear at this time, however, whether section 230 actually applies to generative AI companies such as Open AI and Google, makers of ChatGPT and Bard respectively., OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham that it was impression that section 230 didn’t apply to his company.
When pressed by Hawley, during the same hearing, who asked Altman what he thought about a hypothetical situation where congress"opened the courthouse doors” and allowed people who were harmed by AI to testify in court, the CEOWhile there’s no specific language covering generative AI in section 230, it’s possible further discussions about its relevance to generative AI technologies could come down to the definition of"online service.