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Adult Previews2 New Books Examine ChatGPT
How did ChatGPT get here? Where is it going? These new books offer some answers.
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Adult Previews
6 Books on AI in the Workplace
These forthcoming books discuss the future of the workplace amid AI’s ever-increasing reach.
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Interviews
I, Robot: PW Talks with Madhumita Murgia
In ‘Code Dependent,’ Madhumita Murgia, artificial intelligence editor at the ‘Financial Times,’ discusses the human side of AI.
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Adult Previews
These New Books Will Help You Understand AI
In a slate of new books, authors consider the emerging technology’s potential payoffs and pitfalls.
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Publisher News
Will Human-AI Partnerships Make Publishing Workers More Innovative?
The journey is just beginning, writes columnist Ken Brooks, but publishing workflows are especially ripe for AI integration that enables the automation of rote tasks—and AI-driven support for more humans making more complex decisions and judgments.
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Shows & Events
Book Biz CEOs Discuss Navigating Rapid Changes at 2024 U.S. Book Show
More than 800 attendees joined PW and the AALA at this year's U.S. Book Show, where the CEOs of Abrams, Baker & Taylor, Scholastic, and Simon & Schuster kicked off programming with insights on the state of the industry, AI, retaining talent, and more.
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Content / e-books
Book Business AI Showcase: Shimmr and Pix
In the second of an ongoing series of articles spotlighting book business–related AI startups, we take a look at Shimmr, an automated book advertising service, and Likewise's Pix, a chatbot and app that offers book recommendations.
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Shows & Events
AI Challenges, Freedom to Read Top AAP Annual Meeting Discussions
Strategies to rein in illegal copying of copyrighted materials to fuel generative and efforts to defend freedom of expression were front and center at this year's annual meeting of the Association of American Publishers.
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Content / e-books
Book Business AI Showcase: Hypnovels and Maven
In the first of an ongoing series of articles spotlighting book business–related AI startups, we take a look at Hypnovels, a book trailers and video generator, and Maven, a publisher that allows readers to ask questions of books through WhatsApp.
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Trade Shows
Bologna 2024: Experts Wrestle with AI's Transformative Potential
The Bologna Children's Book Fair hosted several discussions focusing on the impact of AI on the publishing industry, ranging from those advocating for regulation of AI to others addressing how it can be harnessed to foster creativity and efficiency.
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Publisher News
Getting AI to Behave—and How We Can Find Out When It Doesn’t
Authors and publishers concerned about counterfeit books generated by artificial intelligence, fear not! There's a workable solution on the horizon, writes Bill Kasdorf.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2024: How Will AI Change Life for Literary Translators?
They can generate (iterative) images. They can generate (iterative) text. But how will large language models change translation—especially for literary translators? A panel at the London Book Fair suggested some possible outcomes.
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London Book Fair
London Book Fair 2024: Trust, Innovation, and the Freedom to Publish
On the first morning of the London Book Fair, the heads of the International Publishing Association, the Federation of European Publishers, the Association of American Publishers, and the African Publishers Network gathered to discuss, and debate, the biggest issues facing the publishing industry today.
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Publisher News
Tor Books Criticized for Use of AI-Generated Art in 'Gothikana' Cover Design
The use of AI-generated assets in the cover art for the dark academia novel 'Gothikana' by RuNyx, originally self-published and reissued by Tor Books' romance imprint Bramble, has set off a debate about the role of AI in publishing.
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Publisher News
Court Trims Authors’ Copyright Lawsuit Against Open AI
A federal judge in California has dismissed a host of claims made by several groups of authors in a now consolidated lawsuit and gave the authors until March 13 to file an amended complaint. The suit’s core claim of direct infringement—which Open AI did not seek to dismiss—remains active.
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Shows & Events
PubWest Highlights Nontraditional Retail Success, Addresses A.I.
At this year's PubWest Conference, several publishing professionals noted ways they have found to amplify sales by partnering with more nontraditional book retailers, while for others, discussions of A.I. and the future of the industry remained front and center.
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Copyright
European Publishers Praise New EU AI Law
The Federation of European Publishers was among 200 organizations to praise the passage of new European Union legislation requiring that AI companies respect copyright law and offer transparency about what materials are being used to train AI models.
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Content / e-books
Confronting Publishing’s AI Fears
What lies beyond the lawsuits and accusations in the headlines?
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Publisher News
Veristage Launches Insight, an AI Platform for Book Publishers
Insight offers publishers AI tools, including large language models such as ChatGPT and Claude, to analyze documents and generate metrics, editorial and marketing assets, sales material, and other content.
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Publisher News
New Nonprofit Launches to ‘Certify’ Copyright-Friendly AI Practices
Supported by the Association of American Publishers and others, the new nonprofit aims to “certify fair training data use” in Generative AI, and comes amid a growing number of lawsuits filed against AI companies over alleged copyright infringement.
