Tests found the service redirecting requests for a famous author's exact style to broader qualities and an original voice. The behavior appeared across requests involving living and deceased writers, although a separate study reported some variation.
Ars testing found ChatGPT refusing prompts to mimic the exact style of several famous authors. The system offered to use broad qualities while producing a distinct voice. The tested names included living and deceased writers.
A separate No Latency analysis reported different behavior for some deceased authors. Other major chatbots showed varying levels of refusal in that analysis. OpenAI had not provided Ars a public explanation for the observed change at publication.
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