US Edition'I don't': AI wedding vows fall foul of Dutch law
Zwolle court found the marriage vows lacked the legally mandated declaration, invalidating the April 2025 wedding despite the couple's intention and official certificate.
- On Tuesday, a Zwolle court ruled the couple's wedding was not valid and said the marriage certificate was erroneously recorded in the civil registry.
- Their officiant turned to ChatGPT to draft the wedding vows, which lacked the formal declaration required by Article 1:67 of the Dutch Civil Code.
- The court quoted the AI-crafted vows, highlighting phrases like `a crazy couple` and noted the couple argued the civil officer present did not point out omissions.
- The couple argued changing the date would hit them hard emotionally, but the Zwolle court said it could not disregard the law and denied their request to keep the couple's original marriage date.
- This decision highlights legal limits on using ChatGPT for binding declarations, as Dutch courts ruled AI-generated vows did not meet national legal practice regarding marriage wording.
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In April 2025, Chat-GPTincident's wine was released in Zwolle, north of the Netherlands. A couple chose to be held by a close person, temporarily appointed as a civil officer, a practice allowed by the Dutch law, provided that the event was also an authorized function of the first.By means of a relaxed and personal atmosphere, the officer called on ChatGPT to edit the ceremony. During the ceremony, the people were invited to answer questions of …
According to justice, "marriage between man and woman has not been formalized", due to a missing reply at the ceremony.
A Dutch court has decided to cancel a marriage, considering that a speech written by artificial intelligence does not comply with the legal requirements Yes, I do, but without ChatGPT: in the Countries
Yes, I want it, but without ChatGPT: in the Netherlands, justice has annulled a union by ruling that artificial intelligence had nothing to do with a marriage speech, which must be in accordance with the Civil Code.
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'I don't': AI wedding vows fall foul of Dutch law
A Dutch court broke the hearts of a couple after ruling that their marriage, whose wedding vows were drafted with the help of artificial intelligence, was not valid.
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