The issue of e-book piracy has significant implications for authors and publishers. It impacts indie publishers and best-selling authors such as Lee Child (Jack Reacher series) and Michael Crichton. Piracy results in financial losses as copies are distributed for free or used to drive website traffic. Pirated books are often non-existent and used for scamming purposes. Many … [Read more...] about The Cruxes of AI and Book Piracy: A New Era
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Artificial Intelligence and the Modern Classroom
In the opening sequence of The Jetsons cartoon, Elroy would fly out of the car in a tiny bubble to get to school. His classroom was a digital learning space with robot teachers and interactive tools similar to the ones developed today. Though we're not quite at the point of bubble spaceships, artificial intelligence apps like Ello and Magic School are leading us in the right … [Read more...] about Artificial Intelligence and the Modern Classroom
AI is Invading Audio Narration Business
AI has become an integral part of today's world. From medical to eCommerce, it has been dominating multiple industries lately. While technology has revolutionized several domains, it has also become a cause of concern for some professions. We already know about AI and its effect on the book publishing industry. However, audio narration is another profession affected by the … [Read more...] about AI is Invading Audio Narration Business
How AI is Changing the Book Publishing World
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has touched almost all aspects of life, and book publishing is no exception. There has been news that authors are spamming out Kindle Books using ChatGPT, which is a famous AI content generator. Ink AI has introduced a ChatGPT e-book generator that can create full-length e-books quickly and easily. In response, publishers are also taking initiatives … [Read more...] about How AI is Changing the Book Publishing World
AI and the Evolution of E-books
With an expected annual growth rate of 37.3% between 2023 to 2030, AI has become a dominant technology worldwide. Whether banking and finance, medical, or big tech, it is used across several industries. Moreover, it's also quite popular in the publishing and literature industry. That's why e-books have evolved to become more innovative and better with time. It has also … [Read more...] about AI and the Evolution of E-books
Publishers Launch Task Forces to Oversee AI Initiatives
What began as a casual experiment with creative AI technology within publishers' newsrooms has become a full-fledged emphasis area for several media businesses. BuzzFeed, BridgeTower Media, Forbes, Ingenio, and Trusted Media Brands are forming new teams. They are dedicated to monitoring AI initiatives in various aspects of their businesses, from editorial to … [Read more...] about Publishers Launch Task Forces to Oversee AI Initiatives
Can ChatGPT Replace Human Writers?
ChatGPT is gaining much limelight lately. Its intelligence, versatility, and human-like conversations are unmatchable. Experts call ChatGPT an exciting example of how AI advances daily and expands its horizons to the general public. Even top companies are launching their AI apps; for instance, Amazon may soon release its ChatGPT rival. With so many advantages for the users, … [Read more...] about Can ChatGPT Replace Human Writers?
Audiobook Narrators and Authors Fear Apple Using Their Voices to Train AI
Spotify’s audiobook narrators and authors became angry after learning of a clause in the agreement between authors and Findaway Voices – a leading audiobook distributor. Findaway Voices allowed Apple to use audiobook files for training machine learning (ML) models. Some authors and narrators say they were unaware of the clause. Many believe they signed off on the ML clause … [Read more...] about Audiobook Narrators and Authors Fear Apple Using Their Voices to Train AI
Helping Publishers Fight Disinformation: What We Know So Far
Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm. Everyone is shocked at how a computer can replicate things that humans can do, from creating content from scratch to producing high-quality images. As a result, some writers, authors, and readers alike are calling AI an invisible author. Now, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken generative AI to the next level, and it’s … [Read more...] about Helping Publishers Fight Disinformation: What We Know So Far
Will AI writers eventually render authors of today defunct?
Content is the lifeblood of the internet, toppling over traditional forms of media and revolutionizing the fields of modern marketing and PR. Everything you read on the web has been written carefully by a trained copywriting professional. It takes a whole team of writers and editors to curate content that matches the tone, style, format, and level of depth that agrees with the … [Read more...] about Will AI writers eventually render authors of today defunct?
Google Purchases Image Recognition Expert Jetpac
Jetpac is best known as the iOS app that is able to recommend restaurants, bars, and attractions based on their analyses of Instagram photographs by the thousands. Google has announced that they were able to acquire Jetpac (for a indeterminate amount of money), meaning that iOS users will lose the company's app come September 15, 2014. Speculation suggests of course that Google … [Read more...] about Google Purchases Image Recognition Expert Jetpac