Society of Authors defends AI Charter against ban-it-all backlash
An ALLi news roundup: the Society of Authors defends its AI Charter, and Books By People launches a human authorship label. (Corrected 21 Oct: the earlier summary described only the second item.)
Some authors wanted a hard line against AI, full stop. The Society of Authors is betting that scrutiny beats a ban you can't enforce, with CEO Anna Ganley warning that generative AI is already being used "in the shadows" where nobody can monitor it. Meanwhile Books By People is building something you can actually point to on a cover: a label that demands manuscript history as proof of human authorship, not just a pinky promise. If you publish under your own imprint, that label might be worth watching even though the organization is pitched at publishers first.
From the Coral Wire edition of Wed, Oct 21 2026 · Coral Index 79/100 (Green light)