Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting

Book publishers including HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Hachette have quietly put language models to work on publicity copy, back-cover text, cover art and marketing, according to interviews with more than two dozen staff. Employees were pushed to find uses for the tools, literary agents suspect editors of using bots on rejection letters, and the companies say the tools are optional.

Summary written with AI by HowTechMoves, based on reporting by Wired.