Description: The author Chris Cowell had spent more than a year writing his book "Automating DevOps with GitLab CI/CD Pipelines" when, three weeks before its release, another book appeared bearing the exact title by an author (Marie Karpos) for whom no information could be found. The book appeared to have been written by ChatGPT. While the original Washington Post story does not say so, it is possible the name and description were taken from the Amazon preorder page.
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View all entitiesAlleged: OpenAI and ChatGPT developed an AI system deployed by InKstall and Marie Karpos, which harmed Chris Cowell.
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Incident ID
590
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2023-02-03
Editors
Daniel Atherton
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washingtonpost.com · 2023
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Chris Cowell, a Portland, Ore.-based software developer, spent more than a year writing a technical how-to book. Three weeks before it was released, another book on the same topic, with the same title, appeared on Amazon.
"My first thought …
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