HarperCollins to allow tech firms to use its books to train AI models
Some nonfiction backlist titles will be used to train artificial intelligence with authors’ permission
Dutch publisher to use AI to translate ‘limited number of books’ into English
Veen Bosch & Keuning, the largest publisher in the Netherlands, has confirmed plans to trial the use of artificial intelligence to assist in translation of commercial fiction
From Rupert Murdoch to Thom Yorke: the growing backlash to AI
Media mogul and leading artists join fight to stop tech firms using creative works for free as training data
TikTok meets Tolkien: how the Folio Society attracted gen Z readers
The publishing house is booming thanks to sci-fi and fantasy novels – and a love of artisanal editions
Survey finds generative AI proving major threat to the work of translators
While AI tools have been used by some translators to support their work, three-quarters of those surveyed believe the emerging technology will negatively impact their future income
Meta ‘discussed buying publisher Simon & Schuster to train AI’
Audio shared with the New York Times appears to record executives discussing purchase of the US books giant to feed into its large language models
Two OpenAI book lawsuits partially dismissed by California court
Comedian Sarah Silverman and novelist Paul Tremblay alleged the artificial intelligence software unlawfully scraped their work to train ChatGPT
American Fiction review – entertaining comedy collision of race, class and envy
This enjoyable meta-level adaptation of Percival Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure tackles black-victimhood stereotypes, showcasing Jeffrey Wright and Issa Rae as rival writers
Poetry sales boom as Instagram and Facebook take work to new audiences
Writing and reading poems is no longer a minority pastime as verse overlaps with self-help genre and classics are revisited
Publisher drops author for using fake accounts to ‘review-bomb’ peers
Cait Corrain, whose book Crown of Starlight was due to be published next year, admits to leaving notices ‘that ranged from kind of mean to downright abusive’
‘The potential to undermine democracy’: European publishing trade bodies call for action on generative AI
Three organisations argue that more transparency is needed after research found AI models have been trained using pirated works by authors such as Zadie Smith and Stephen King
Spotify’s new audiobook streaming could have ‘devastating effect’, says Society of Authors
The industry body says the music giant’s move to make more than 150,000 titles available has not been discussed with authors and may compete with sales
Stephen Herbert obituary
Other lives: Expert in the technical aspects of the film industry who worked for the National Film Theatre
Four large US publishers sue ‘shadow library’ for alleged copyright infringement
The publishers are claiming unspecified damages from the file-sharing Library Genesis, which they say has distributed files illegally
UK publishers urge Sunak to protect works ingested by AI models
Publishers Association’s call comes as ChatGPT firm argues US lawsuit ‘misconceives scope’ of copyright law