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To roll out the nearly seven-hour audiobook, Melania partnered with ElevenLabs, a text-to-speech software company.
Future Society

Melania Trump’s Audiobook Is Narrated by an AI Copy of Herself

By Joe Wilkins

A scammer left glaringly obvious evidence of using AI to write portions of a fantasy novel and even tried to copy the style of a real author.
Artificial Intelligence

Readers Annoyed When Fantasy Novel Accidentally Leaves AI Prompt in Published Version, Showing Request to Copy Another Writer’s Style

By Victor Tangermann

Audible announced new AI narration tools that publishers can use to churn out entire AI-generated audiobooks.
Artificial Intelligence

Even Audiobooks Aren’t Safe From AI Slop

By Frank Landymore

Less than a year after defending AI, the nonprofit behind the National Novel Writing Month — better known as NaNoWriMo — is closing.
Nanotech

NaNoWriMo Goes Bankrupt After Embracing AI

By Noor Al-Sibai

Startup company Spines wants to publish 8,000 books in 2025 by using AI. Before that can happen, Spines should stop embarrassing itself.
Future Society

Startup Mocked for Charging $5,000 to “Edit” Book Manuscripts Using AI

By Ashley Bardhan

John Scalzi Discovers That One of His Book Covers Was Created Using AI
Artificial Intelligence

John Scalzi Discovers That One of His Book Covers Was Created Using AI

By Jon Christian

Scientists have begun to study how reading fiction affects your brain. Spoiler alert: the news is very good
Brain

If You Read a Lot of Fiction, Scientists Have Very Good News About Your Brain

By Noor Al-Sibai

By paying Amazon for lock screen ads, the AI-generated book scammers intend to make money by abusing the Kindle Unlimited program.
Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Is Taking Spammers’ Money to Serve Ads for AI-Generated Books on Kindle Lock Screens

By Frank Landymore

Drag legend RuPaul Charles has a new book-selling website — and lots of its titles for sale are extremely problematic.
Future Society

RuPaul’s Online Bookstore Is Selling “Mein Kampf”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Authors, including John Grisham, announced they are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI, claiming its large language models are violating copyright.
OpenAI

OpenAI Trembles as John Grisham Joins Lawsuit Targeting ChatGPT

By Victor Tangermann

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Artificial Intelligence

Revenge of the Writers: AI Fiction Analysis Site Toppled by Revolt

By Frank Landymore

The academic publisher Springer Nature just released a book summarizing lithium-ion battery research that was written by an AI algorithm.
Machine Learning

A Prominent Publisher Used Machine Learning to Write a Textbook

By Dan Robitzski

Ebook distributor Overdrive is leveraging its vast collection of library rental data to improve the book reading experience with interactive elements.
Future Society

This Ebook Company Is Trying to Make Reading More Like Videogames

By Dan Robitzski

These Science Cartoons Depict Our Terrifying and Thrilling Future
Science & Energy

These Science Cartoons Depict Our Terrifying and Thrilling Future

By Abby Norman

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Robots and Machines

MIT’s New Imaging Method Could Let You Read Closed Books

By Jelor Gallego