An AI model named Claude was used to create a new version of the open‑source library chardet. The process relied on metadata from earlier releases and on the model’s training on publicly available code, raising questions about whether the new code is a derivative work. Human reviewer Blanchard oversaw the output, but his involvement adds complexity to the legal analysis. The open‑source community is divided, with some citing the lack of a clean separation between the AI’s training data and the generated code, while others argue that a fresh rewrite constitutes a new work. Read more →