Category: AI
More Music Publishers Settle With And Partner With AI. Book Publishers Look The Other Way
Music labels partner with AI platforms through strategic settlements. Book publishers lack leverage. Why safe settlements may not be an option.
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OpenAI’s Sora: A Trademark Misstep in a Murky Legal Landscape?
OpenAI’s launch of ‘Sora’ sparks a trademark dispute with OverDrive, highlighting risks of brand confusion and the importance of IP protection in AI innovation.
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The Ghost in the Machine Is a Collaborator, Not a Usurper
AI won’t doom creative professionals. This article argues AI is a collaborator that elevates “average” work, augmenting human creativity for translators and authors.
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How They Laughed When Spotify Entered Audiobooks. Not Any More
How Spotify Audiobooks transformed from industry laughing stock to award-winning innovator, expanding to 14 markets and proving publishers wrong.
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The Untapped AI Revolution in Bricks & Mortar Bookstores (and the ABA’s AI Juggling Act)
Independent bookshops have a huge opportunity to use operational AI, as shown by Swoon City. Why the industry’s fear is costing indies a revolution.
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Japan – Publishers and Creators Join Forces to Demand AI Copyright Protections
Japanese publishers unite to demand OpenAI address copyright infringement by its Sora 2 AI; Sam Altman pledges stronger protections for creators.
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The Keyword is Dead: How LLM Search Transforms Book Discovery
A deep dive into the seismic shift reshaping how readers find books – and what publishers must do about it
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Reading Between the Lines: The UK PA’s Agenda-Driven Response to the Curriculum Review
Analysis of the UK PA’s response to the curriculum review, arguing it cherry-picks findings to lobby against Oak National Academy.
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AI and Publishing: Why the Industry Needs to Stop Playing the Victim Card
The publishing industry has never met a technological advancement it didn’t fear. AI is just...
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The AI Book “Flood”: Separating Hype from Reality in Publishing
In an era when anyone can generate a book, being able to create one worth reading becomes more valuable than ever.
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No, Florida State University. AI is not “steering the way we speak and narrowing our vocabulary.” Just the opposite
This democratisation of articulate communication represents a net positive for human discourse. More voices can now participate meaningfully in complex conversations. More ideas can be expressed clearly and persuasively. More people can contribute to the great ongoing human conversation about what matters most.
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Anthropic’s $183 Billion Valuation: The Authors’ Pyrrhic Victory Settlement Has Investors Drooling
Anthropic, on the strength of the settlement and cave-in by the authors’ class action, has just pocketed another $13 billion in F-series funding, and now has a market value of $183 billion. You couldn’t make it up.
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