Macmillan Staff Say the Publisher Threw a Party for a Workplace AI Assistant That Was Later Killed

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• D dell cameron @dell.bsky.social amplified

  @wired.com

  Staff at all of the Big Five US publishing companies claim that executives are pushing them to use AI tools, even as Macmillan and others are suing some of the leading AI companies for copyright infringement. Read the …

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• Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social: "What are authors even doing with traditional publishers anymore if they’re going to outsource everything to a machine? Why can't an author … →
• Reece @thiccreese.bsky.social amplified

  @adamm0rgan.bsky.social

  For @wired.com, I spoke with Macmillan and PRH staff about AI at the rest of the Big Five. I also spoke with bestselling authors who've gone to "war" with publishers over AI use and are now demanding disclosures and th…

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• S Stefanie Hane @stefihane.bsky.social amplified

  @manishakrishnan.bsky.social

  NEW: Macmillan staff tell @adamm0rgan.bsky.social the publisher threw a party for AI tool NOA ("No Ordinary Assistant"), complete with a light-up display and donuts spelling "NOA IS HERE." They say it was "terrible" and …

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