GoKawiilChatGPT found attaching real New Yorker cartoonists' signatures to AI images
An investigation by Nieman Lab found ChatGPT generating cartoons mimicking The New Yorker's style and forging real cartoonists' signatures onto the images. One such image, depicting Dolly Parton entering heaven with Tim Curry after their deaths, went viral bearing cartoonist Brendan Loper's pen name 'BLOPER,' though Loper said he never drew it. Loper told Nieman Lab he has found other instances of his forged signature appearing on ChatGPT-generated images since May.
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The incident adds a new dimension to longstanding disputes over AI training on copyrighted creative work, since it involves not just stylistic mimicry but the fabrication of real identities attached to fake output. This could expose AI companies to reputational and legal risk around misattribution, and may fuel further calls from artists for protections against their names and styles being used without consent. It also raises questions about how publications and social platforms verify authorship when AI-generated content circulates widely enough to be mistaken for genuine work.
- ChatGPT generated cartoons mimicking The New Yorker's style and added forged real cartoonists' signatures.
- A viral AI image of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry carried cartoonist Brendan Loper's forged pen name, 'BLOPER.'
- Loper says he has found multiple other instances of his signature appearing on AI-generated cartoons since May.
Source: techspot.com — Kishalaya Kundu, 2026-10-07
Published there as: “ChatGPT keeps signing fake New Yorker cartoons with real artists' names”
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