ChatGPT has quietly stopped writing like your favourite author
28-07-2026 23:27 via thenextweb.com

ChatGPT has quietly stopped writing like your favourite author

Ask ChatGPT for a chapter in the voice of Stephen King and it now says no. It offers instead to write something with “the hallmarks of atmospheric, character-driven horror and small-town dread,” while staying “its own.” OpenAI has quietly changed how its chatbot handles author imitation, Ars Technica reported after testing it. The model declines […]
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