ChatGPT New Yorker-style cartoons carry real cartoonists' signatures
What happened
An October 6 report on the Hacker News front page says ChatGPT-generated New Yorker-style cartoons have appeared bearing real cartoonists' signatures. A Nieman Lab investigation documented more than 15 cartoonists whose signatures were used without permission. After feedback, OpenAI added a third-party content similarity warning, but at the time of publication some generated cartoons still carried real cartoonists' names. The New Yorker said it never authorized LLM developers to train models on its cartoons. Legal experts quoted in the piece say signature misuse may count as unauthorized commercial use of a name or identity, which differs from the copyright dispute over imitating drawing styles.
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- Hacker News front pageChatGPT is adding real cartoonists' signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons
ChatGPT生成的仿《纽约客》漫画出现真实漫画家的签名，Nieman Lab调查记录了超过15位漫画家的签名被未经许可使用。OpenAI收到反馈后增加了第三方内容相似性警告，但截至文章发表时，部分生成漫画仍带有真实漫画家的名字。《纽约客》表示从未授权LLM开发者用其漫画训练模型，受访法律专家指出，冒用签名可能涉及姓名或身份的未经授权商业使用，与模仿绘画风格的版权争议有所区别。
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