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    George R.R. Martin and bestselling authors sue OpenAI

    The Authors Guild and 17 top authors, including George R.R. Martin and John Grisham, just filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI. The complaint alleges OpenAI copied their books wholesale to train LLMs without permission or licensing fees. OpenAI responded that it is actively in productive talks with creators.

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    Amazon forces Kindle authors to declare AI use

    Amazon just introduced a new policy requiring Kindle Direct publishers to disclose if their books contain AI-generated text, images, or translations. The move follows months of pressure from the Authors Guild to stop low-quality AI books from flooding the marketplace. While it helps protect readers from junk content, distinguishing pure generation from human-assisted editing remains a major enforcement challenge.