We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems.
As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting.
But what can authors do? Read here:
https://societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/the-libgen-data-set-what-authors-can-do/
The Society of Authors
@Soc_of_Authors #authors #writers #books #Meta
I think Montmartre is my favorite arrondissement in Paris -imagine the feet that have walked this street! https://flip.it/Kd005f #paris #creatives #writers #montmartre #france #history
If you're an author especially an indie author, it's very likely that Meta used pirated copies of your books to train their AI.
Remember, #AI is based on theft from creators.
You can find out if they stole from you by searching your author name here.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/ #writing #writers
4 Horror Movies Like Heart Eyes That Have 2 Organs or Body Parts or Body Organs In The Title! (#Link Below)
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Please help support these writers if you can, ngaa mihi nui.
This campaign aims to supplement the financial cost of publishing three books by kaituhi Māori. #Māori #Kaituhi #Writers #Boosted #Aotearoa #NZ #Indigenous
In the next 12 months, Āporo Press will publish a debut full-length poetry collection from Nicola Andrews (Ngāti Pāoa), a debut novel by Laura Vincent (Ngāti Māhanga, Ngāpuhi) and a mixed poetry and photography collection by Jo Bragg (Ngāti Porou).
https://www.thearts.co.nz/boosted/projects/three-books-from-aporo-press?tab=about
Our 18th annual game design challenge has launched!
Topic: #Communication
Submit ideas by March 24th
$10,000 in cash prizes Critiques for all Finalists
Please boost to reach #gamedevs, #designers, #artists, #writers, #composers, and more.
Presented by an award-winning #nonprofit program producing videogames for #violence #prevention since 2008.
Details, rules, communication resources at the contest website.
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@mike's terrific fireside chat with @molly0xfff on digital sovereignty, aka technological self-determination (taking control of your digital life and data), is up on the SXSW site. Don’t sleep on this talk, especially if you’re a writer or other kind of creator. With plenty of high-quality Q&A too, one person in the audience said it was “worth the badge.”
https://schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/PP147154
(We’re working on getting all the panels and talks from the #FediverseHouse edited and posted. We’ll be back when they’re up.)
Some might have noticed I note here and there that I'm putting some #scientific journals with a bit more... out there topics on a list for future reference (Also, resources of research-obsessed #SFF #writers looking for ideas)
Well... here is the list so far:
https://ombialik.weebly.com/journal-collection.html
Send more titles for me to add!
Recently, I read "Peacocks of Instagram" by Deepa Rajagopalan, which was outstanding. Last night, I started Souvankham Thammavongsa's "How to Pronounce Knife." I'm three stories in, and it's really really good.
I think Canadian short story writers are pretty incredible.
