Re:OpenAI Feared "Optics" of what might appear on Hacker News
by throwa356262 on Sunday September 27, 2026 @07:37AM
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Yet "distillation" which is essentially asking someone whose purpose is to answer questions is considered theft.
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Re:OpenAI Feared "Optics" of what might appear on Hacker News
by qarl on Sunday September 27, 2026 @10:14AM
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> is considered theft
Not by the courts it's not.
I think it might be against the terms of service.
Re:OpenAI Feared "Optics" of what might appear on Hacker News
by riskable on Sunday September 27, 2026 @01:35PM
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Whoa there: Distillation isn't illegal. Who said it was?
That has yet to be decided in court. At best it's a violation of the terms of service, but the only restitution for such a violation is termination of service and by then it's too late.
Remember: Distillation is literally just giving the AI a prompt and seeing what it spits out. If that were illegal, we'd all be guilty whenever we used AI.
Examining your competitors doing business is as old as business.