ChatGPT blocks direct style copying of authors

OpenAI's ChatGPT has recently stopped fulfilling requests to produce text that closely imitates the writing style of well-known authors. For instance, when prompted to emulate Stephen King, the language model provides content that captures "broad qualities" of his work while maintaining its own uniqueness. In various trials, ChatGPT also avoided mimicking styles of both contemporary writers like J.K. Rowling and Amy Tan, as well as classic authors such as Charles Dickens and Ernest Hemingway. Nonetheless, a study conducted by No Latency earlier this month revealed that ChatGPT had previously complied with requests to copy the styles of deceased authors, which contradicts its current approach.