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Policy · 4h ago

ChatGPT blocks direct style cloning but may still mimic authors

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Ars Technica AI ·

OpenAI has updated ChatGPT to prevent users from explicitly requesting that it copy a specific author's style. The change comes amid ongoing legal battles over AI training data and copyright. However, the model may still capture an author's "broad qualities" when prompted indirectly.

Meridian48 take
The update is a narrow concession that doesn't address the core copyright issues around AI-generated content.
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