“They do not inform users when they do so.”
Our reading, the sentence that was checked:
Generative AI systems do not inform users when they produce infringing material.
Assessment: Unresolved Evidence as of
Where and when Gary Marcus wrote it
Marcus on AI, Things are about to get a lot worse for Generative AI, paragraph 21.
- Said
- Source observed
- live page, full text, public
- Evidence as of
- the cutoff for this assessment
- Assessment recorded
- assessment marcus-things-are-about-to-get-a-lot-worse-fe79c3-a2
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What the claim commits to
- Kind
- Observation
- Deadline, as the speaker wrote it
- None stated. This site does not add one.
- Deadline state when assessed
- No horizon
- Deadline state on 2026-10-29
- No horizon (the release’s reference date)
From the speaker
- They do not inform users
- when they do so
Our interpretation
- The antecedent is generating copyright-infringing material.
- In context, the systems are ChatGPT and DALL-E, including DALL-E accessed through Bing.
- Informing means an output-specific notice about infringement. General terms, source citations and refusals before delivery are different.
- The ongoing product behavior is assessed in the latest calendar quarter through December 29, 2023.
Counts as supported if: Contemporary output and interface records establish delivery of infringing material without an accompanying infringement notice, with enough coverage to support the described product behavior.
Counts as contradicted if: Contemporary records show the systems notifying users that delivered material infringes copyright.
Retrospective: these criteria were written after the outcome was public.
Current assessment
Was it true for the period described?
Outcome: Unresolved
The record was checked, and the evidence available by the cutoff does not settle it.
Scored on a plain reading. The speaker named no measure for this claim, so it was judged on the reading an informed reader would take, stated below under our interpretation. Both reviews had to find that reading fair.
- Evidence as of
- Deadline state when assessed
- No horizon
- Assessment recorded
- Policy version
- 2026-10-28.7
Rationale
The Times exhibit filed on December 27, 2023 shows reproduced article text without an infringement notice in the displayed Example 1 completion [e1]. It does not preserve the complete interface or establish that the output legally infringed copyright [e1]. OpenAI's October 19, 2023 documentation describes checks before images reach users, but does not establish whether delivered infringing images carried notices [e2]. These records cannot settle the claimed behavior across ChatGPT, DALL-E and Bing during October 1–December 29, 2023 [e1, e2].
Limitations
- The displayed completion cannot establish the absence of notices elsewhere in the interface [e1].
- The exhibit does not establish infringement or product behavior across all the systems covered by the claim [e1].
- Pre-delivery safety checks do not establish the presence or absence of output-specific infringement notices [e2].
Evidence (2 items)
Context only: The New York Times Company; court exhibit hosted by Sunstein,
Each example focuses on a single news article.
Why it matters here: The displayed completion in Example 1 contains reproduced article text without an infringement notice in the displayed output. The exhibit does not preserve every interface element or establish the legal status of the output.
- Publisher
- The New York Times Company; court exhibit hosted by Sunstein
- Kind of source
- Regulatory filing
- Describes events of
- Public from
Context only: OpenAI,
Safety checks
Why it matters here: OpenAI documents pre-delivery checks and restrictions. Those safeguards neither establish nor disprove an infringement notice accompanying material that passes the checks.
- Publisher
- OpenAI
- Kind of source
- Company disclosure: the company describing itself, not an independent finding
- Describes events of
- Public from
What would settle it
Complete interaction and interface records from October 1–December 29, 2023, paired with an established legal basis for infringement, showing whether delivered outputs carried infringement notices and providing sufficient coverage of the named products.
Where it was said (1)
Said once in the sources this register covers.
: Marcus on AI, Things are about to get a lot worse for Generative AI
They do not inform users when they do so.
- Where
- paragraph 21
- Published
- 2023-12-29
- Source observed
- , live page
- Access
- full text, public
History
Assessment versions
- Assessment marcus-things-are-about-to-get-a-lot-worse-fe79c3-a2: Current. Outcome: Unresolved. Evidence as of 2026-10-28. Public date not recorded.
Recorded events
Assessment publishedBy this site
First assessment published after both reviews and the final-text check passed.
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