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misslj_authorI am steaming right now. Mind you, I'm not alone, bc this is something that's affecting a LOT of authors, both well known and not, from people like George RR Martin, Jeff Vandermeer, John Grisham, Jodi Piccault, David Baldacci, Mary Bly, Michael Connelly, Sylvia Day, to others, such as myself, Megan Derr, Aleksander Voinov, Olivia Dade, Andrea Speed, Ginn Hale and more.
And what is it that is affecting us? Oh, just that our work is being used to "teach" AI how to write books. Without our consent, and without our knowledge, which has to be a breach of some kind of IP and copyright law as we authors retain IP and copyright even when our work is in print or out of print (as is the case for the 7 of my books that are used, and which most of those I intend to republish.)
There's a gift link to read this article at The Atlantic, which expires in 11 days, so read soon, which has a ton of info. More info here, and The Authors Guild are launching a Class Action Suit Open AI. James Swallow is another author who's been hit with this too.
The Authors Guild has been brilliant, I have to say, and has a great post up on their site about what to do next. But I'm still peeved about this, oh yes I am.
And what is it that is affecting us? Oh, just that our work is being used to "teach" AI how to write books. Without our consent, and without our knowledge, which has to be a breach of some kind of IP and copyright law as we authors retain IP and copyright even when our work is in print or out of print (as is the case for the 7 of my books that are used, and which most of those I intend to republish.)
There's a gift link to read this article at The Atlantic, which expires in 11 days, so read soon, which has a ton of info. More info here, and The Authors Guild are launching a Class Action Suit Open AI. James Swallow is another author who's been hit with this too.
The Authors Guild has been brilliant, I have to say, and has a great post up on their site about what to do next. But I'm still peeved about this, oh yes I am.
