Author Beware: latest scam updates
The rise of AI has ushered in a whole new level of scams, about which we are receiving many enquiries.
The rise of AI has ushered in a whole new level of scams, about which we are receiving many enquiries.
Update on the US class action
The Comics Cultural Impact Collective, the Association of Illustrators and the Society of Authors are pleased to announce the launch of the 2025 National Survey of Comics Creators.
The Society of Authors in Scotland (SoAiS) is deeply disappointed to hear of the closure of the Scottish Book Trust’s Ignite Fellowship. The Fellowship’s loss also underlines the worrying trend of the clear decline of funding for arts and culture across Scotland.
Our campaign for the rights and interests of authors in the face of big tech companies using copyrighted work to train their generative AI models continues this week.
WeTransfer recently updated their terms and conditions defining what they can do with the files you upload. We asked them for clarification.
The Society of Authors supports the aims of the National Year of Reading and welcomes renewed national attention on literacy.
Around 150 authors made their voices heard at the protest outside Meta’s London headquarters.
Authors will be protesting in person and online
The SoA is organising a day of protest against Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models
96% of authors surveyed believe an opt-out system would negatively impact the creative industries
Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI programmes