AI Ethics

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‘Human-Authored’ Book Labels Gain Ground Amid AI Scandals

Human-authored book labels are gaining ground after a string of AI scandals, from the Goncourt withdrawal of Thélyson Orélien’s novel to Hachette pulling Shy Girl. We compare the Authors Guild and Society of Authors Human Authored marks, Books By People’s newly approved organic literature stamp, Librinova’s audited label and Germany’s new children’s book label, and explain why AI detectors cannot carry the weight alone.

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We Can’t Help Treating AI Like It’s Human. But Should We?

We instinctively treat chatbots and robots like people, saying please, trusting their tone and sometimes growing attached. Drawing on TechCrunch’s reporting, Sherry Turkle’s new book Artificial Intimacy and MIT research, we explain why anthropomorphism is so hard to switch off, what the data on politeness and dependence shows, where the law now draws lines, and how businesses should design chatbots that do not exploit it.

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