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In an open letter, news organizations called on governments to require copyright protections in AI training models.

Amazon has reportedly removed several "garbage books" falsely attributed to real authors, believed to be churned out using generative AI, after initially refusing to do so. It took a public backlash from authors and organizations for the tech giant to remove the bogus books from its website.

When professor Jane Friedman complained about books that she didn’t write being attributed to her on Monday, ecommerce giant Amazon initially said that it…

(1) PROSECRAFT NUKED FROM SPACE. A site called Prosecraft stirred tremendous controversy yesterday once authors realized thousands of their books were used by the site without their permission. Also, people believe their texts are being used to train AI. Benji Smith’s initial attempt to skate around the controversy was to tell writers he would remove

NEW YORK, Aug. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, leading global news and publishing organizations signed onto an open letter to policymakers and...

Scammers have found yet another way to make the lives of working authors that much more difficult.

USA TODAY parent company Gannett and other media organizations called on policymakers to regulate generative artificial intelligence models.

Https://nwu.org/ Springfield, IL — On Friday, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzer signed the Freelance Worker Protection Act (HB1122) into law. The National Writers Union (NWU) celebrates Illinois setting a nationwide standard as it becomes the first state to enact legislation protecting freelance workers. Under FWPA, sponsored by Representative Will Guzzardi (D-Chicago) and Senator Cristina Pacione-Zayas (D-Chicago),…

Just when you think the fight against AI is hopeless, hundreds of authors come together to take down a massive AI-powered platform.

Jane Friedman said the tech giant initially refused to exterminate a swarm of books purporting to be written by her that were, in fact, penned by bots.