Question for #legal eagles - given that a #cartoonist's professional reputation and income are dependent upon their identified body of work, aren't these actionable misrepresentations/forgeries?

[wesmorgan1@mastodon.social]

Question for #legal eagles - given that a #cartoonist's professional reputation and income are dependent upon their identified body of work, aren't these actionable misrepresentations/forgeries? #AISlop

https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chatgpt-is-adding-real-cartoonists-signatures-to-fake-new-yorker-cartoons/

[resuna@ohai.social]

@wesmorgan1 It's part of the training data, after all.