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by polski-g 815 days ago
If I read 30 stories in the NYTimes about Nixon and write a paragraph using said knowledge, its not copyright infringement. So why do you think it is when OpenAI writes it?

If I look at 1000 photos of apples from iStockPhoto and draw a picture of an apple, its not copyright infringement. So why do you think it is when OpenAI draws it?
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jpc0 815 days ago
Reasonably sure neither of those would be copyright infringements in any case.

Drawings of apples cannot be copyrighted, copyright requires at least some form of originality...

And this is the one that might differ based on jurisdiction but writing about a public figure cannot be copyrighted either, specially if the knowledge was made publically available. Now assume I've covered every possible if an maybe because there are a billion of them for every country.

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beeboobaa3 815 days ago
Before getting into all the legal technicalities: You are human, ChatGPT is not. That gives you rights, and ChatGPT none.
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