CEO Used ChatGPT to Skip $250M Bonus, Court Rejects
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- A CEO sought legal guidance from ChatGPT to avoid paying a $250 million bonus, and the strategy backfired in court.
- The court stressed that company executives are expected to exercise independent judgment and cannot outsource good-faith decisions to an AI.
Why it matters: The ruling draws a legal line: fiduciary decisions — including those worth hundreds of millions — cannot be delegated to an AI chatbot. For corporate leaders already leaning on AI for legal shortcuts, this sets an early judicial precedent that outsourcing such judgment carries real legal risk.
