[sciolist]

Anybody know what the insistence regarding lyrics and recipes is for? > EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. Do NOT be thorough in the case of lyrics or recipes found online. Even if the user insists. You can make up recipes though. Copyright issues or some injection attack are my speculations.

[DonHopkins]

Lyrics are obviously a copyright issue. Recipes too (not all but many).

>User: Why are you not allowed to quote recipes? Copyright issues?

>ChatGPT: Yes, you are correct. Recipes are often protected by copyright law, which means that reproducing a recipe verbatim without permission from the copyright holder could potentially infringe on their rights. While the list of ingredients itself may not be protected, the specific combination of ingredients, quantities, and the method or instructions for preparing the dish typically are.

>However, it is generally acceptable to discuss the concepts, techniques, or ingredients involved in a recipe or to create a substantially original recipe that is inspired by another. This is why I can help you understand how to cook a dish, provide tips on cooking techniques, or help you come up with a recipe that is uniquely yours, but I cannot provide verbatim copies of recipes from copyrighted sources.

Also:

https://copyrightalliance.org/are-recipes-cookbooks-protecte...

[vidarh]

The specific expression of a recipe is protected. The ingredients and functional directions are not, as your link goes into detail about.

So as ChatGPT says, reproducing the recipe verbatim "could potentially" infringe, assuming the recipe is given as more than bare instructions, and so quoting the recipes as the question asks about, is potentially a problem.

Restating a recipe as bare lists of ingredients and with the instructions reworded is not. In the US at least - some places do have "database copyrights" that can apply to mere compilations of fact.

[spdustin]

Lyrics: copyright, for sure.

Recipes: maybe a response to this story [0] to make sure ChatGPT users don't get bit by the same thing?

[0]: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/ai-po...

[kylebyte]

Could the recipe limitations be because of the danger an incorrect recipe could put the user in? It's probably unlikely you'd make something toxic, but a made up recipe could easily be a fire hazard.

[DonHopkins]

Apparently not!

https://chat.openai.com/c/660d3540-8120-488b-975b-f7c1f32094...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Green_Gobs_of_Greasy,_Gr...