Here's your feel-good story of the day, if you didn't get enough of those last night: the Content Overseas Distribution Organization, or CODA, has issued a formal request for OpenAI to stop illegally using its material. What's CODA and why should I care, you ask? Excellent question!

CODA is a quasi-governmental association representing major Japanese IP holders, with its primary aim being to reduce piracy. Think what you will about pirating the odd game or movie here or there (I won't tell), but OpenAI's use of IP for their plagiarism machine is not only a major international copyright violation but also kind of evil. CODA's clients include such giants as Square Enix, Bandai Namco, and even Studio Ghibli, which means this might hopefully put a stop to the recent scourge of ghoulish "Ghibl

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