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blackeyeblitzar on Feb 3, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Introducing deep research

Trade secrets are protected by the law. It doesn’t require copyright.

therealpygon on Feb 3, 2025 [–]

Explain the trade secrets contained in non-copyrightable AI outputs and the reasonable efforts OpenAI takes to keep its AI output “secret”. Or are you confused about what a “trade secret” actually is?

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