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Expanding Boundaries in Publishing: When Authors Collaborate with AI
artificial intelligence // February 29, 2024

A startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to create books has raised $37 million in the latest sign of how machine learning is transforming the publishing industry. Inkitt’s self-titled app allows users to self-publish stories. Utilizing AI and data science, it identifies stories for refinement...

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Authors Fight Rise of AI ‘Scam Books’ on Amazon

March 13, 2024
Authors fighting for space on Amazon now have a new threat to contend with: books generated by artificial intelligence (AI). “Scam books on Amazon have been a problem for years,” Mary Rasenberger, CEO of the Authors Guild, told NPR in a report Wednesday (March 13), adding that the problem has compounded in the past few months. “Every new book seems […]