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I feel like this is a prank of some sort, but the answer is really simple — the Raise a Shield action does not have the Manipulate tag so it is not a Manipulate action.

I'm unclear what Chat GPT has to do with this.

I wish it were a prank. My character's life was at risk this session due to my GM claiming that if I raised my shield within reach of a strong enemy that she'd make an opportunity attack against me. The authority on this ruling was that he asked ChatGPT whether it was a manipulate action and it argued to him that it was. I asked whether he could interrogate the AI for a source, but for the rest of the session his ruling was that that rules inquiries from Chat GPT had always been precise before and that was that. It's now after session and I'm doing diligence whether a human authority can confidently claim that it's not.

Despite all correlating sources including the Core Rulebook, Archives of Nethys and every other source not including the Manipulate keyword on the Raise a Shield action, my GM consulted chat GPT (which has been thus far infallible) and it maintains against all argument that Raise a Shield is a Manipulate action that would provoke attack of opportunity. I've been unable to find a source to directly refute the AI so we're stuck with that ruling for the time being. Is there any stated ruling that explicitly states the Raise a Shield action is not a Manipulate action or would logically demand this to be so?