Hachette cancels upcoming horror novel over suspicions it was written with the help of AI
Not everyone suspected the use of AI early on.
“Hammering hearts and thumping chests”: Authors are increasingly using AI to write their books for them, with predictable results
The smart ones will at least make a fortune for themselves before they are replaced by machines altogether.
My definition is this: Self-proclaimed word nerd Stefan Fatsis examines the importance of the Merriam-Webster dictionary to U.S. society and culture
Some of the words Fatsis was successful in getting into the dictionary include "alt-right," "dogpile," "microaggression," and "overserve."
Cory Doctorow examines how the internet got so awful in his latest anti-establishment manifesto
Doctorow's notion of enshittification has much going for it: it's irreverent, broadly applicable, and memorable.
EMWF exec director has ties to foundation with financial interest in AI once set to appear at fest
Jasper Smith, executive director at EMWF, is professionally associated with the Musagetes Foundation.
Eden Mills responds to criticism by dropping workshop featuring “AI author”
The festival organizers thanked the literary community for its feedback, saying they "take it seriously."
Eden Mills Writers’ Festival stirs online anger over including an “AI author” in its lineup
Technology is a tool, it is not a collaborator or a teacher or a creator.
Move fast and break things: Sarah Wynn-Williams’s memoir offers a harrowing, highly personal peek behind the curtain at Meta
If there's one thing that's certain about Wynn-Williams's highly personal, often scathing narrative: it's going to make a blockbuster movie.
Canadian media outlets file joint lawsuit against OpenAI and ChatGPT with requested damages in the billions
The lawsuit comes a week after news broke about multinational publisher HarperCollins entering into an agreement with an anonymous tech company to license the work of nonfiction authors to help train AI large-language learning programs.
Is licensing authors’ work to train AI a Faustian bargain?
What is a reasonable price for becoming an active participant in one's own obsolescence?