# Proposed rule: cut-and-paste from AI must be in quote box

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**Created:** [February 27, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-rule-cut-and-paste-from-ai-must-be-in-quote-box/1028051 "2026-02-27T16:01:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-rule-cut-and-paste-from-ai-must-be-in-quote-box/1028051/61 "2026-03-02T00:31:26Z")

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I’ll repost what I wrote in another thread

> [@What were you THINKING?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6729):
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> I wouldn’t be against a rule that required posters to make it blindingly obvious when their post was written/‘researched’ by AI. I know people generally mention it, ie ‘I asked ChatGPT…’, but I think it should be more obvious than that. Something more along the lines of it being required, for example, to be in a quote box with blue text or maybe collapsed (‘hide details’) with something explaining it. Similar to how mods collapse posts that are unrelated to the thread when they’re trying to get things back on track.
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> Also, I think, at the very least, the poster should be posting the links to wherever the bot got it’s data from, if they’re provided.

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