Thélyson Orélien’s Canadian publisher drops author after confirming AI use in writing of debut novel
An external analysis of "all the working drafts of the novel" detected "traces of AI tags in the metadata of certain documents."
TWUC joins as founding signatory to a global charter calling for ethical use of AI
Much of the impetus for creating the charter arose out of governments around the world being reluctant to enact any kind of meaningful regulation regarding the new technology.
Backlash grows to arts cuts in Nova Scotia’s austerity budget, with protests planned for Wednesday
The budget slashed $130 million in grants as part of an attempt to reduce the $1.2 billion provincial deficit.
Calgary Legion venue pulls out of contract for TWUC/WGA Freedom to Read Week event due to “conflict with Legion policy”
The plan for the event included discussion of censorship in general and readings from banned books.
ACP, TWUC come out in opposition to newly implemented Alberta schools book ban
"Selective bans are still censorship."
Content warning: Some thoughts on the Alberta government’s new initiative to police content in provincial schools
The term "explicit sexual content" is often code for gay, lesbian, or trans content.
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?
Federal Liberal budget includes “modest” increase for the Canada Book Fund, but one group describes it as a “net loss”
The relatively small top-up to the CBF included in this year's budget does not come close to fulfilling the Liberals' promise.
The ACP, TWUC, and others lobby government to regulate copyright in the area of generative AI
Whether the consultation will have any effect is an open question.