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Meryl Witmer: What do you make of press reports that China is copying technology?

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Because it exploits that familiar technology, he says, “the final machine is copying and pasting of a bunch of stuff.”

From Science Magazine • May 6, 2024

“Plagiarism generally is copying somebody else’s work. If you’re copying the work of a computer, I don’t know if it’s plagiarism.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2023

In Stephen Spotswood’s new novel, “Secrets Typed in Blood” — set in 1940s New York City — a pulp magazine writer claims that a killer is copying crimes from her stories.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2022

But Matt is copying stuff down into his notebook like a madman, so I pick an FAQ at random and just start copying its answer down.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden