Pangram founder clarifies: Turnitin-style precedent doesn't authorize feeding copyrighted works to generative AI
TuhinChakr · x · 2026-10-13
Responding to an argument citing the 2009 Turnitin ruling, Pangram founder Tuhin Chakraborty clarifies that Pangram is not a generative AI model. The cited precedent on archiving student essays for plagiarism detection doesn't constitute blanket legal authorization to feed copyrighted literary works into generative AI—the technologies, purposes, and fair-use questions differ.
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