ChatGPT blocks requests to clone author styles
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- ChatGPT now rejects direct user requests designed to copy a specific author's writing style, according to Ars Technica's reporting on the policy change.
- Ars Technica's headline framing notes the new restriction may not fully stop the model from capturing a "similar feeling" to the targeted voice even when the literal request is refused.
Why it matters: The change tightens the guardrails around a popular but legally fraught use case — AI mimicry of living or deceased writers — pushing anyone who wants a voice clone toward indirect prompts that still extract comparable prose, which is exactly the gap Ars Technica flags in its framing.
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