{
  "id": 1717594,
  "title": "Man Obliterated When Court Obtains His ChatGPT Transcripts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/man-obliterated-when-court-obtains-his-chatgpt-transcripts",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-18T12:59:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Futurism",
    "slug": "futurism",
    "url": "https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/expert-witness-chatgpt-logs-court"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a Houston explosion that claimed three lives, a 3M company expert witness' ChatGPT transcripts have exposed a troubling breach of professional ethics. Through his lawsuit, 3M's opposing legal team unearthed the expert witness' online activities, revealing he had hired ChatGPT to craft an entire defense report for the corporation. The report claimed that 3M bore no responsibility for the deadly explosion at Watson Grinding. This revelation has reignited concerns over the misuse of AI in legal proceedings.",
  "summary": "We would simply never recover. The post Man Obliterated When Court Obtains His ChatGPT Transcripts appeared first on Futurism .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}