A round-up of the latest developments regarding AI
We offer the latest updates on our policy work on artificial intelligence (AI)
Generative artificial intelligence – we need your views
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Calling for transparency for the use of creators’ works in Google’s new Gemini AI system
The Society of Authors’ calls on Google to be transparent regarding the use of copyright protected works to train AI systems
Trade bodies call for ‘strong Government support’ in face of AI
Authors, publishers and agents’ representatives write to Prime Minister in the week of landmark summit
My book has been used to ‘train’ AI – what can I do?
Thousands of books have been used without permission to develop AI systems. Here’s what you need to know if your works are among them, and what action you can take
Books3: the SoA view
We respond to the publication by The Atlantic of a list of pirated books used to ‘train’ artificial intelligence
The SoA supports the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike
In solidarity with striking writers and performers in the US
Join thousands of authors and sign the Authors Guild’s AI open letter
Sign the letter and join authors calling for consent, credit and compensation
Artificial intelligence: practical steps for members
Suggestions from the SoA’s advisory team to protect yourself and your work from the impact of new technologies
Use of AI: an exchange with Bradford Literature Festival
We urge the festival to replace the AI illustrations with credited artwork from a human artist
Long-awaited but vague – the SoA view on the government’s artificial intelligence white paper
A paper based on guiding principles, but lacking specifics, shows how far we are from practical AI regulation