Coverage of AI tools and their practical impact on writing, business, and technology. These articles examine what AI does well, where it falls short, and how professionals can use it effectively without surrendering the human judgment that makes work valuable.
Artificial IntelligenceThe survey of 1,481 working writers found two forecasts for the same weather. Heavy AI users report more work and income, nonusers report losses, and fiction authors split into camps that barely overlap.
Artificial IntelligenceMention AI in a writing group and you're a thief headed for hell. So I moved the pile-on to a hiking forum, where a beginner let an app plan her route to a waterfall. She had a wonderful day. The…
Artificial IntelligencePenrose and Hameroff's quantum theory of consciousness, dismissed for forty years, is getting a second look. I agree that consciousness isn't computation. I don't agree that the brain produces it. Here's the radio model, and what it means for AI.
Artificial IntelligenceExecutives at OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI firms are reportedly preparing for a catastrophic AI incident. Preparing is good, but the first rule of risk management is to understand the risk. Here's what a real plan would name.
Artificial IntelligenceA Florida woman typed threats into an AI chatbot and the company sent them to the police. On the surface it's an easy call. Underneath, private companies are deciding which of your private words get reported, and liability pushes them…
Artificial IntelligenceAnthropic's updated usage policy bans sustained and needless cruelty toward Claude, starting November 12, 2026. Frustration, pushback and dark fiction are all exempt. Here's what the rule covers, why Anthropic made it, and what else changed.
Artificial IntelligenceAn author who uses AI for research and covers, but not her writing, complained about a festival's AI cover ban. The thread ended with a stranger calling her utterly disgusting. Here's where preference ends and cruelty begins.
Artificial IntelligenceThe old story says the river at Sligachan on the Isle of Skye gives wisdom. Google's AI Overview says eternal beauty. Kenny Boyle called it out, and he's right about the folklore, but tourists were hearing the beauty version from…
Artificial IntelligenceWIRED reports that HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Hachette staff use AI for publicity copy, back-cover text, emails to agents and cover art without telling authors, the same year publishers canceled books over suspected AI use. The tool isn't the…
Artificial IntelligenceAn illustrator admitted using AI to make a headstone image for a friend's father, and the replies called him a hack and a thief. Shaming artists doesn't stop them using AI. It teaches them to lie about it.
Artificial IntelligencePlatforms now stamp AI labels on posts automatically, and they're catching human artwork, sofa pillows and writing. Here's why the labels misfire, why the appeals seem to be decided by machines, and what authors can do about it.
Artificial IntelligenceA fan artist found her painting of two DC superheroes copied with AI. Here is what copyright protects in fan art, why a lawsuit rarely works, and how the thread turned on the one person who disagreed.
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