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publishing
3 concise briefings covering publishing.
TechCrunch AI
07 Sep 2026
Authors say publishers and agents are seeking larger shares of settlement payments from Anthropic than authors expect. The dispute reflects tensions over how proceeds from AI-related settlements should be allocated, according to TechCrunch AI.
TechCrunch AI
15 Jul 2026
Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier and other publishers have filed a lawsuit claiming Google trained its AI using copyrighted materials without obtaining permissions. The plaintiffs allege widespread unauthorized use of their works in Google's training datasets.
Futurism AI
11 Jul 2026
Tech industry commentators are surprised that AI-generated text has not yet replaced human-authored books. The discussion highlights readership habits and the persistent appeal of human-made literature, per Futurism's report.