So glad I stopped querying my weird little furry fantasy books and took the slow burn self publishing path instead. Not that I would've gotten traditionally published writing such niche stuff of course, but having AI scan my samples to figure out how to personally reject me? Fuck that.
@manishakrishnan.bsky.socialNEW: Staff at HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette told @adamm0rgan.bsky.social AI is infiltrating their workplaces, from generating cover art and back cover copy, to publicity materials, to rejection emails, as execs tell junior staff to "champion" the tech. www.wired.com/story/book-p...
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Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting
Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.