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For authors, publishers and technology companies, it’s been a week that challenges the old axiom that there’s no such thing as bad public...
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The Author's Bargain
How should authors respond to Generative AI? A clear-headed look at strategy, licensing, publisher policies, creative use, and why human authorship may become more valuable, not less.
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It’s been a busy week, with significant developments in copyright policy and a steady drumbeat of new research and product launches. The ...
Four Scenarios for Scholarly Publishing and AI
Four scenarios for scholarly publishing and AI, exploring what happens when AI changes both how knowledge is produced and how it is discovered—and what the enduring role of a publisher might be.
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I’m catching up after three intense days at London Book Fair. That intensity has been mirrored in the AI world, with a slew of copyright ...
London Book Fair 2026 Reflections
Eighteen observations from three days at London Book Fair 2026, including procedural debt, AI adoption maturity, audio publishing, discoverability, and the value of unscheduled conversations.
Anthropic's Employment Research
A close reading of Anthropic's labour market research: why high task exposure does not mean job replacement, and why the more interesting story may be how work reconfigures rather than disappears.
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It has been a week in which AI moved decisively out of product demos and into politics, newsrooms, courts, and war. Across very different...