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Artificial Intelligence

Thoughts on AI and publishing

June 19, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

When Amazon released the Kindle, I was one of the first customers. I had a first gen iPad and have read e-books almost exclusively ever since. Heck, I left my job as a literary agent to go work at a tech company. I’ve long been techno-optimistic and have embraced new developments eagerly. I truly believe […]

Filed Under: The Writing Life Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence

The key to creative breakthroughs (This week in books)

May 26, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Last week I brought you news of Sudowrite’s new service that will help you write a (seemingly) terrible draft thanks to AI, and in a very 2023 news story, a fictional sex act created by the Omegaverse fandom has resulted in the the AI service being caught plundering material. Yes really. Penguin […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Bertelsmann, Creativity, KC Baker, Rumsey Taylor, Sudowrite, T.J. Newman, Thomas Rabe, Zachary Small

PEN and PRH sue a Florida school district over book banning (This week in books)

May 19, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Big news this week as PEN America, Penguin Random House, and a group of authors have filed suit against the Escambia County School District for violating the equal protection clause in the Constitution by targeting disproportionately nonwhite and LGBTQ authors with book bans. This is a significant legal salvo in the midst […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Authors Guild, Censorship, Heather Armstrong, J.R. Moehringer, James McGowan, Jeffrey Fleishman, Jessica Faust, Kate McKean, New Leaf Literary, PEN America, Penguin Random House, Prince Harry, Sarah McCarry, Sudowrite

Internet Archive smacked down for its “library” (This week in books)

March 31, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! A federal judge ruled decisively against the Internet Archive’s so-called “National Emergency Library,” which made 1.4 million e-books available for free in the early days of the pandemic, as well as its supposed “controlled digital lending” (CDL) system where it loans out e-books on a one-to-one basis based on print copies held […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Brandon Sanderson, Gabrielle Zevin, Internet Archive, Kate McKean, Susan Orlean

AI gets weird (This week in books)

February 17, 2023 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! The blog will go dark for the next few weeks as I take a planned breather (some might refer to this as a vacation). I’m planning to be back in March. Also: My editing slots are booking up extremely quickly this year, so please continue to reach out to me to get […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Chuck Wendig, Corina Knoll, Emily Leibert, Jevon Philips, Kate McKean, Kevin Roose, LeVar Burton, Lincoln Michel, Nikki High

Penguin Random House blocked from acquiring Simon & Schuster (This week in books)

November 4, 2022 by Nathan Bransford

This week! Books! Massive, massive news for the publishing industry, and, in truth, for all US antitrust law as the DOJ successfully convinced Judge Florence Pan that Penguin Random House’s proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster would create a monopsony that would harm authors. This is particularly notable because antitrust precedent over the past 50 […]

Filed Under: This Week in Books Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Florence Pan, Franklin Foer, Jeffrey Trachtenberg, Jessica Toonkel, P.N. Hinton, Penguin Random House, Stephanie Burt, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Twitter, Victoria Song

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