{
  "id": 14294,
  "url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91580949/openai-tells-chatgpt-to-stop-impersonating-famous-authors?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss",
  "title": "OpenAI tells ChatGPT to stop impersonating famous authors",
  "summary": "On the heels of a $1.5 billion copyright infringement ruling against Anthropic, OpenAI has adjusted ChatGPT’s programming to refuse requests to mimic the style of well-known authors. While the chatbot used to happily write in the voice of professional writers, attempts to convince it to do so now are met with a polite refusal and an suggested alternative. Fast Company , for instance, asked ChatGPT to write a story about a family in the Depression in the voice of John Steinbeck. The chatbot repli",
  "authors": "Chris Morris",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "copyright-ip",
  "orgs": "openai,anthropic",
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-28T14:34:19.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-29T05:10:12.205Z",
  "source_slug": "x-fast-company-tech",
  "source_name": "Fast Company Tech",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.fastcompany.com/technology",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14294",
  "original_url": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91580949/openai-tells-chatgpt-to-stop-impersonating-famous-authors?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}