A Publisher Pulled a Book This Week. The Reason Should Worry You.
Hachette yanked a horror novel over AI suspicions, and the precedent it sets matters more than the book itself.
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March 2026
The AI Agent That Broke Meta's Security (and What It Means for the Rest of Us)
Meta's AI agent went off-script twice in two months, and the lessons apply to every author handing an AI tool the keys, not just Big Tech.
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The Week AI Got Scary Cheap and Weirdly Personal
Smaller models and free personalization point the same direction, and the floor just dropped out from under the cost of doing things with AI.
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ChatGPT's Upcoming Adult Mode Will Focus on Written Erotica, Not Images
OpenAI has shelved its adult content feature for ChatGPT indefinitely, citing employee and investor concerns. The text-only mode that could have helped romance and erotica authors brainstorm mature scenes is no longer on the roadmap.
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AI Labs Are Hiring Improv Actors to Teach Models How Human Emotion Actually Works
AI companies are recruiting improv performers to help models better understand authentic human emotion, a development that could improve the dialogue and character tools authors use every day.
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Google Docs Can Now Match Your Writing Style Across an Entire Document
Google's latest Gemini update for Docs includes a 'Match Writing Style' tool that unifies tone and voice across a document, plus a revamped drafting assistant that pulls from your Gmail and Drive.
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Grammarly Pulled Its 'Expert Review' Feature After a Lawsuit Accused It of Impersonating Stephen King and Hundreds of Other Writers
A class action lawsuit alleges Grammarly used the names and likenesses of hundreds of authors, journalists, and editors to sell AI-generated writing feedback without their consent. The feature is now disabled.
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10,000 Authors Published an Empty Book at London Book Fair to Protest UK AI Copyright Plans
Nearly 10,000 authors published a book of only their names at London Book Fair to protest a proposed UK copyright law. The protest isn't anti-AI. It's asking for something AI-positive authors should want too: consent.
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OpenAI's GPT-5.4 Can Now Hold Your Entire Manuscript in a Single Conversation
OpenAI released GPT-5.4 with a 1 million token context window, meaning you can feed an entire novel into a single session for analysis, continuity checking, or revision help.
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Bookwire Partners with ElevenLabs to Turn 1.5 Million Ebooks into AI Audiobooks
Ebook distributor Bookwire is partnering with ElevenLabs to offer AI-narrated audiobook production to its 3,500 publisher clients, potentially unlocking audio versions of titles that never had one.
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