ChatGPT wrote her “resignation.” She says she never meant to quit.
Run The World cofounder Xuan Jiang testified that she asked ChatGPT to reject a roughly $380,000 buyout, but the AI‑generated email said she was stepping down, which the company now cites in its summary‑judgment motion.
By Ryan Merket · Published · Updated
Primary source: Coffee and county court records
Why it matters
The dispute shows that AI‑generated drafts can become pivotal legal evidence, forcing founders and lawyers to treat generative‑AI outputs as quasi‑official communications in employment and shareholder battles.
Deposition reveals AI‑generated email at the heart of a wrongful‑termination fight
In an April 10th, 2026 deposition, former Run The World tech cofounder Xuan Jiang (formerly a Facebook engineer) testified that she used ChatGPT to draft an email intended solely to reject a buyout offer. The AI‑generated message, dated April 3rd, 2023, opened with the line “I have made the difficult decision to step down as the tech cofounder of Run the World,” language that Run The World now presents as proof of a resignation.…
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