Topic: publishing industry
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Judge Halts Anthropic's $1.5B Book Piracy Settlement
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and authors, citing concerns that authors felt pressured to accept terms negotiated without sufficient transparency. The judge questioned the fairness of the deal and demanded clearer data on the number of books i...
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RSS Co-Creator Unveils New AI Data Licensing Protocol
The AI industry faces significant legal challenges over copyright and data usage for training models, highlighted by a major settlement and numerous lawsuits. Real Simple Licensing (RSL) is a new framework developed to streamline data licensing between AI companies and content creators, supported...
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USA Today Launches AI Chatbot, Entering a New Era
USA Today has launched DeeperDive, an AI-powered interactive tool that enables readers to engage in conversations, receive article summaries, and discover related content across its network. The tool is positioned as a trusted AI answer engine that provides fact-based responses grounded in verifi...
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Kobo rejected 45% of self-published books in 2025, mostly over AI
In 2025, Rakuten Kobo rejected 45% of all titles submitted to its Kobo Writing Life self-publishing platform, with CEO Michael Tamblyn attributing over 80% of those rejections to books clearly generated by artificial intelligence. Kobo has tightened quality controls using automated screening and ...
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Google CEO: AI Agents Will Manage Future Search
Google CEO Sundar Pichai envisions the future of search as an "AI agent manager," where AI systems handle multi-step, asynchronous tasks for users, expanding beyond simple information retrieval. A strategic shift is underway, treating web content as structured data for AI synthesis rather than cl...
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Writers Resist AI-Generated Story Drafts
A growing number of journalists are using AI writing assistants to generate first drafts, challenging long-standing taboos in newsrooms about the sanctity of human prose. The practice is becoming more mainstream due to AI's sophistication and cost savings, despite strong pushback from traditional...
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Major Manga Piracy Network Shut Down
A major international operation, involving Japanese and Chinese authorities, dismantled a prominent manga piracy network, leading to the arrest of its alleged operator. The network, centered on sites like Bato.to, distributed unauthorized "scanalations" and attracted hundreds of millions of month...
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Dead Ends: A Fun, Macabre Medical History for Kids
The book "Dead Ends! Flukes, Flops, and Failures that Sparked Medical Marvels" by Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal presents historical medical errors as engaging educational stories for young readers, highlighting how failures led to discoveries. It features examples like Robert Koch's Tubercul...
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Google Discover Now Features Creator Content
Google has updated its Discover platform to allow users to follow specific publishers and creators, enabling a more personalized content feed. The update expands content variety by including articles, YouTube Shorts, and social media posts, with plans to add more formats over time. This change ai...
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