Category: AI
The Convenient Villain: AI, Job Losses, and the Art of the Blame Shift
AI is the publishing industry’s latest scapegoat. But UK author incomes collapsed long before ChatGPT existed. The real villains are hiding in plain sight.
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Qirtas App: AI-Powered Platform Targets Digital Transformation of Arabic Publishing
Qirtas App leverages AI to digitise Arabic publishing, unveiled at Web Summit Qatar 2026. Platform aids publishers with automated tools and offers streaming for readers.
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Microsoft Launches Publisher Content Marketplace. Book Publishers Look The Other Way
Microsoft’s AI content marketplace excludes book publishers. Why fiction and minor-language content could reshape AI licensing—if publishers act now.
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Amazon’s AI Content Marketplace: The Emerging Details
Amazon plans AWS-integrated AI content marketplace rivaling Microsoft PCM. Publishers sell training data via Bedrock. Unconfirmed, but leverages cloud dominance.
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TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 4: Taking AI’s Harshest Critics Seriously – Why Nadim Sadek’s Engagement With Sceptics Matters
Bender, Cave, Marcus, Gebru, Lanier: engaging AI’s harshest critics strengthens the case for thoughtful collaboration. Why their concerns matter—and where they overreach.
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UK Government Partners With AI: Throws Dan Conway And Publishers Association Under A Bus
UK government AI partnerships with Meta and Anthropic signal decisive shift away from Publishers Association’s restrictive copyright agenda towards innovation.
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Conversations with AI (1): Why So Many Folk Still Distrust AI
I will give Meta another chance. One day. But not yet. I feel badly let down by Meta tonight. Not because it f****d up – we all make mistakes – but because having admitted it, it didn’t change. It doubled-down on being dumb.
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South Korea Imposes Mandatory AI-Labelling Of Content. TNPS Asks: Creative Safeguard or Sales Killer?
South Korea’s AI Basic Act forces webtoon platforms to label AI-assisted content, sparking debate over transparency, creativity and reader trust.
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Australasian Universities Strike Transformative OA Deal with Taylor & Francis
Landmark three-year open access agreement between Australasian universities and Taylor & Francis transforms publishing from 2026.
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TNPS 2025 Story of the Year Part 2: The Psychology of Creativity and Why Publishers Misunderstand It
How publishers misunderstand creativity—and why that matters for AI. Nadim Sadek’s psychological framework reveals publishing’s real competitive edge.
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The 2025 TNPS Story of the Year Is A Book!
Nadim Sadek’s ‘Quiver, don’t Quake’ reframes AI as creative partner, not threat. Essential reading for publishers navigating the AI revolution.
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The Great Reversal: How India’s AI Leap Will Transform Global Publishing
India’s mandatory AI licensing proposal and voice AI leadership signal a reversal where emerging markets set standards the West must follow.
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