Another court rules for human authors
Those who have spent any time in writing and author groups know that it’s no easy matter to write a book — with or without artificial intelligence. Even if you’re AI-savvy, you can’t just pop in a prompt and have ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini spit out a fully formed novel. There are no easy shortcuts. […]
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AI & fiction: Where to draw the lines
You’ve probably seen them on Facebook, X, BlueSky or your favorite social network. The screeds begin with something like this: I will never read a book where the author used AI in any form or fashion!!! … I don’t often wade into these debates. If I did, I’d point out that many—perhaps most—authors already use […]
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Takeaways from Author Nation
Some fear and loathing in Las Vegas — but not as much as you’d expect One of the big takeaways from Author Nation — the world’s largest gathering of independent and hybrid authors — in Las Vegas last week was the ringing consensus that AI has encroached into nearly every facet of the book publishing […]
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An AI looks at 5 Science Fiction bestsellers
Here's a look at top-selling Science Fiction novels and what an AI can tell us about the patterns it detects in the titles that hit the top of the charts.
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An authors-led startup’s crowdfunding campaign
Authors A.I. has just launched a crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine, the world's largest crowdfunding platform. Here is what crowdfunding is all about.
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For florid purple prose, just ask an AI
Here are examples of flowery purple prose for romance novels created by generative AI whose models were not properly trained.
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