AMERICANGREATNESS (Jordan Schachtel) - Great Writers Aren’t Obsolete. AI Makes Them More Valuable Than Ever.
The more I learn about how AI works, the more I’ve come to prize the value of human creativity in the AI era, especially when […] Source
NYTIMES (Tara Isabella Burton) - How a ’70s Improv Book Became Silicon Valley’s Required Reading
It can be useful to see reality as malleable.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Velshi Banned Book Club: 'Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep' by Paul Tremblay
Paul Tremblay's new novel "Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep" tells a science fiction story that forces us to confront our worries about AI. Tremblay, who has sued OpenAI, says the tech giant "steals our books, doesn't give an opt-in or an opt-out, doesn't pay us."
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Don't watch this?! Writers tell Ari about the 'END' of reading driving POLITICAL UPHEAVAL
Rose Horowitch, author of The Atlantic’s “The End of Reading Is Here,” joins MS NOW’s Ari Melber on "The Beat" alongside The New York Times’ Michelle Goldberg. (The Beat's YouTube: https://ms.now/ari)
JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Obama announces 'A Great Book' podcast
Among the major authors he cited were James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Cormac McCarthy, Marilynne Robinson, Penn Warren, and John le Carré.
NPR (Meghan Collins Sullivan) - Here are the 13 books that made the Booker Prize longlist
The 2026 list includes new works from household names Douglas Stuart, Marlon James and Elizabeth Strout as well as a few debut authors.
NPR (Chloe Veltman) - Authors have mixed feelings about the $1.5B Anthropic copyright infringement ruling
Some say the $3,100 per title payout is small compensation for what they view as big, ongoing threats from the makers of generative AI models.
NPR (Chloe Veltman) - Authors wary of content ownership despite court ruling on Anthropic case
The literary world is celebrating Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors. But AI firms may still train models on legally purchased books. What does that mean?
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Federal Judge Greenlights Record $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement Against Anthropic.
A landmark $1.5 billion settlement resolves allegations that AI company Anthropic illegally downloaded copyrighted books to train its models.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge has granted final approval to a $1.5 billion class-action settlement requiring AI company Anthropic to compensate authors and publishers whose copyrighted books were illegally downloaded from the pirate libraries LibGen and PiLiMi, marking what the U.S. District Court in San Francisco called the largest copyright class-action settlement in history . DETAIL: The lawsuit focused on Anthropic’s acquisition of the works rather than the legality of using copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence, with an earlier ruling finding that training its AI models is covered by fair use. Under the order signed by U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, eligible rights holders can claim…Open
NYTIMES (Anna Kodé) - Why Is Syracuse, N.Y., Such a Haven for Legendary Writers?
In the frozen shadows of shuttered factories, icons like Toni Morrison, Raymond Carver and David Foster Wallace created some of their greatest work.