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  • A hard-won success

    A hard-won success

    The Society of Authors (SoA) has welcomed news that the Government is moving away from a proposed copyright exception for AI training, a move which will protect authors’ rights. For what it’s worth, so do I. The SoA is one of the organisations that is concerned about the use of pirated books to train AI…

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  • Authors back call for more control of AI

    The Society of Authors (SoA) has backed a Parliamentary report that calls for greater control of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to protect writers. (SoA) officials have welcomed thirty eight recommendations made by the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee, which include a call for the Government to make a clear public statement that commercial AI…

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  • Artificial Intelligence – an author’s cautionary tale

    This is why I do not like, nor trust, Artificial Intelligence (AI). I am at the age when dementia becomes a consideration – my father died with it – so I have been somewhat concerned over recent weeks and months to return to the previous day’s writing on my laptop for a quick refresh before…

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  • Why it’s time to take a stand against AI

    I feel that it is time to address a subject which I have avoided for far too long and yet is, by far, the most important challenge that today’s writers face. I am talking about running out of teabags. No, seriously, I am referring to AI, of course. Let me be clear right from the…

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