Pushback from authors’ groups over AI ‘book clubs’

Pushback from authors’ groups over AI ‘book clubs’

Ebook and audiobook retailers are increasingly offering AI-enabled interactive features, sparking a backlash from authors’ groups. Amazon and ElevenLabs now each allow readers to generate discussion of characters, plot, or themes with AI bots; ElevenLabs described the function as “a personal book club.” Amazon’s version, though, angered the Authors Guild, which said that publishers and authors could not opt out, and that it created in essence a …