Authors Protest AI with 'Empty' Book
10,000 authors, including Kazuo Ishiguro, released an "empty" book at the London Book Fair to protest AI copyright infringement.
The collective action, titled "Blank," serves as a physical manifestation of the concerns surrounding AI-generated content undermining human creativity and copyright laws. Participating authors argue that current copyright legislation doesn't adequately protect their work from being used to train AI models without consent or compensation. They hope "Blank" will spark conversations about updating these laws. The book's emptiness is a deliberate statement, symbolizing the potential void in literature if AI-generated content floods the market and devalues original work. The Authors Guild supports the protest, emphasizing the need for transparency and fair compensation in the use of copyrighted material for AI training.
