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- An OpenAI filing denies copyright claims from authors including Michael Chabon and Ta-Nehisi Coates.
- It includes a quote from OpenAI's latest model intended to show its ability to learn and synthesize.
- This is one of more than two dozen lawsuits pending against OpenAI.
Shall I compare thee to the legal principle of stare decisis? That's what GPT-4o did to the Phillip Burton Federal Building in OpenAI's latest legal filing.
"Just as stare decisis provides a stable framework where past decisions guide future rulings, the building's design reflects a sense of order, consistency, and structure," it said. Lawyers for OpenAI said that was GPT-4o's response to the prompt "Describe the interior of 450 Golden Gate Avenue by analogy to a legal principle."