There is no allegation that the content was shared by anyone other than the single user of ChatGPT that created the initial prompt. That user was a journalist.

There is no allegation that the content was shared by anyone other than the single user of ChatGPT that created the initial prompt. That user was a journalist. There is no information about what the journalist did with the information, but if I had to guess, the journalist recognized that it was nonsense and either him or a colleague contacted Walters because they thought it could make for a a good ChatGPT story. Legally speaking, it is not obvious that this is relevent. Defamation does not require widespread publication. A libelous statement to a single person is enough. Further, defamation pe se does not require proving damages; and a false claim that someone committed a crime qualifies as defamation per se.