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Re: Participation using AI in WG mailing lists and github repos

Jeffrey Haas <jhaas@pfrc.org> Sun, 07 June 2026 22:47 UTC

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Subject: Re: Participation using AI in WG mailing lists and github repos
From: Jeffrey Haas <jhaas@pfrc.org>
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Jay,


> On Jun 7, 2026, at 18:27, Jay Daley <exec-director@ietf.org> wrote:
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> 
> See the discussion on RSWG that Mark mentioned.  There are strong arguments being that the first part "This contribution was originally generated by" is none of our business so long as the second part "I personally reviewed every word." is adhered to.

When a human generates the content, they know what their IPR inputs are. 

When a general purpose AI is a participant, that’s not necessarily true. 

Minimally, one would think that IPR declarations are different when this is the case. 

Jeff

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