We shouldn't say that ChatGPT 'said' something either, but it's an easy shorthand. Likewise, saying chatgpt lied is much shorter and to the point than saying it

We shouldn't say that ChatGPT 'said' something either, but it's an easy shorthand. Likewise, saying chatgpt lied is much shorter and to the point than saying it "generated an output in which the narrator insists that something false is true".