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This week’s question: John Grisham, George R.R. Martin, and other top authors are suing OpenAI, claiming the company used pirated copies of their works to teach a generative AI program how to write. If the AI were to write a novel that was clearly cribbed from a bestseller, what should the book be titled?

Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Zoom design

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THE WINNER: “The Remains of the Data”

Melissa Carter, Smyrna, Georgia 

SECOND PLACE: “Rabbit, Re-Run”

Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts 

THIRD PLACE: “Lady ChatGPT’s Lover”

Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania 

“Brideshead Regurgitated”

“War and Pieces of Other Books”

“The Less Talented Mr. Ripoff”

“What to Expect When You’re Expecting Obsolescence”

Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas 

“Alice’s Adventures in Plunderland”

“Game of Clones”

“The Da VinCheat Code”

Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts 

“I, ChatBot”

“David Copyfield”

“Great Exploitations”

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