ChatGPT wrote 3M's expert report and the prompts are now public
a 3m expert witness used chatgpt to write a report defending the company in a fatal explosion lawsuit, revealing prompts to clear 3m of blame.
discovery documents from a lawsuit against 3m regarding a fatal 2020 explosion revealed that an expert witness used chatgpt to generate portions of his report. the exposed prompts explicitly instructed the ai to create a report 'defending the standard of care at 3m' and to demonstrate the company was '0% at fault' for the blast. this incident illustrates the growing infiltration of generative ai into high-stakes litigation and the risk that prompts become discoverable evidence, potentially undermining the credibility of expert testimony.