In one of my earlier AI and coding articles, where I looked at how ChatGPT can rewrite and improve your existing code, one of the commenters, @pbug5612, had an interesting question:
Who owns the resultant code? What if it contains business secrets – have you shared it all with Google or MS, etc.?
It’s a good question and one that doesn’t have an easy answer. Over the past two weeks, I’ve reached out to attorneys and experts to try to get a definitive answer.
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There’s a lot to unpack here, but a good starting point is the overall theme of this discussion. As attorney Collen Clark of law firm Schmidt & Clark states:
Ultimately, until more definitive legal precedents are established, the legal implications of using AI-generated code remain complex and uncertain.
That’s not to say there is a shortage of opinions. In this …