The LibGen data set – what authors can do
Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI programmes
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Government consultation on AI and copyright closes with unprecedented day of action by creative sector
The Society of Authors joined creative organisations and news brands to pressure government to protect copyright protected works with the ‘Make it Fair’ campaign
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UK creative industries launch copyright fightback against global tech firms’ AI models
Hundreds of news brand titles campaign today as the government consultation on AI ends
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We need your views: Working with, not for, artificial intelligence
Please complete our survey by 9 February to help inform our response to the government’s copyright and AI consultation
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The SoA and creative coalitions respond to the government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan
The Society of Authors, the Creators’ Rights Alliance and the Creative Rights in Artificial Intelligence Coalition react to the Prime Minister’s plan to turn the UK into an ‘AI superpower’
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Chief Executive Anna Ganley’s predictions for 2025 and areas of focus for the SoA
A look to the year ahead
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SoA updates on AI
A round-up from the SoA on recent AI news
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Creative Rights In AI Coalition calls on government to protect copyright as AI policy develops
The SoA has joined with organisations across the creative industries to call on the government to protect copyright
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The SoA responds to the HarperCollins AI licensing deal
We respond to a deal that HarperCollins has sent to some of its nonfiction authors
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Authors and other creatives sign statement rejecting unlicensed training of generative AI models on creative work
More than 10,500 people across the creative industries have signed so far
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Human? Or hybrid?
Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp reveals how AI is affecting literary translators
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The Society of Authors writes to tech companies asserting members’ rights around uses of their works by generative AI
Tech companies must agree licences and seek agreement from authors for all past and future uses
