Key developments: More than 80 publishers from over 20 countries, including The New York Times, Financial Times, BBC, Associated Press, AFP, The Economist and The Atlantic, have banded together under the Standards for Publisher Usage Rights (SPUR) coalition.…
Continue reading Over 80 Publishers Form SPUR Coalition to Standardise AI Content LicensingKey developments: More than 80 publishers from over 20 countries have banded together under the Standards for Publisher Usage Rights (SPUR) coalition, adding major outlets such as The New York Times, Financial Times, BBC, Associated Press, AFP and…
Continue reading Over 80 Publishers Form SPUR Coalition to Guard Copyrights Against AIKey developments: Several of the Big Five publishers – HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Hachette – are now using large‑language‑model tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and Jasper to generate cover art, publicity copy, back‑cover blurbs and routine emails,…
Continue reading Major publishers quietly embed AI tools into daily workflows, sparking staff backlashKey developments: Multiple staff members at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette have confirmed that generative AI systems are now routinely creating cover art, publicity copy, back‑cover blurbs, rejection letters and even marketing videos. Workers say executives are pushing…
Continue reading Major publishers quietly adopt AI tools for marketing and design
