Is it wrong to write a book with AI? The New Yorker asks the question directly, and today’s stories suggest that the real problem isn’t the answer — it’s that nobody agrees on what “real” means anymore. Bollywood is racing ahead with AI filmmaking while Hollywood’s union rules hold it back (Reuters). A writing teacher wrestles with whether we can even police AI in prose (The Third Hemisphere). And AI translators are fluent in dozens of languages but see the world through a single cultural lens (The Conversation).
Meanwhile, Es Devlin gathered artists and tech researchers at a kiln to make clay pots and talk about AI (The Guardian) — as if the answer to the machine question might be found in your hands. The Writers Guild apparently thinks stability is the answer: it’s agreed to a tentative four-year deal with studios, the longest in modern Hollywood history (The Hollywood Reporter).
All of our stories below.
