Fascinating and thought-provoking essay by @vauhinivara.bsky.social on AI-generated literature—drawing on research by @tuhinchakr.bsky.social, Jane Ginsburg, and @dhillonp.bsky.social. The piece includes an uncanny quiz (which I did terribly on) and a beautiful meditation on literature.

People often dismiss A.I.-generated literature because they read books to access someone else’s consciousness. But what if they can’t tell the difference? newyorkermag.visitlink.me/GVKI7f

🚨New paper on AI & copyright Authors have sued LLM companies for using books w/o permission for model training. Courts however need empirical evidence of market harm. Our preregistered study exactly addresses this gap. Joint work w Jane Ginsburg from Columbia Law and @dhillonp.bsky.social 1/n🧵

When US newspapers adopt paywalls, their local news coverage tends to decline and, in markets with younger readers, paywalls also lead to an average increase in soft news—both trends that suggest economic incentives shape coverage choices. In PNAS Nexus: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...