Is code generated by chat GPT plagiarism?

Question

I’m noticing chat gpt can spit out the code to an entire Home Screen or landing page, or even generate movement/physics/collision with a simple prompt. Are there any legal restrictions against this? Or is this the new way these days?

Answer 1

with enough $ and government influence, you can do almost anything. it's the society we live in. the sad thing is people support these things...

Answer 2

Unfortunately Mark DelSignore it's quickly becoming a commonplace but not the best practice.

As a professional programmer of years I'm seeing more and more of these code with errors / bad syntax issues / not recommended usage per guidelines and specifications / docs.

Answer 3

Purely from legal perspective, it depends. The whole thing is one large gray area, and there is still quote a bit of uncertainty about who owns the code and such.

First of all, whether u own the code that was generated by ai depends on local laws, but usually (in us for example), ur ownership of the code depends on contribution to the code. There are no specifics or legal precidents as of yet (i believe), but generally if code was mostly ai generated with little to no human contribution, u can not claim copyright on the code. But with generated parts of code or ai-powered help like copilot, you can.

But usually big models (and especially paid ones) specifically allow u to claim any code as ur own (as terms of service). However, for example, if u are using model that was paid by ur company or educational institution, they own all generated code and not you.

There is also a question of code that was infriged upon due to how these models learn. There are still lawsuits pending in regards to that...