Hachette Book Group has pulled Mia Ballard’s ‘Shy Girl’ from publication after allegations of AI involvement sparked widespread criticism, highlighting the growing legal and ethical challenges in AI-authored literary works. Hachette Book Group has pulled “Shy Girl”, a horror novel by Mia Ballard, from its publication schedule after concerns surfaced that artificial intelligence may have been used in its creation. According to reports in TechCrunch and The Guardian, the book had been due for release in the US this spring and was also withdrawn from the UK market after an internal review. Ballard, meanwhile, says she did not personally use…
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The Authors Guild has issued a stark warning to publishers, literary agents, and authors about the risks of feeding manuscripts and personal data into AI systems like ChatGPT without consent, amid rising concerns over AI-driven content and authorship integrity. The Authors Guild has issued a sharp warning to publishers and…
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Record labels are increasingly embedding AI rights clauses in artist agreements, transforming a niche legal issue into a routine negotiation point, raising questions about artist control and consent across the industry. Record labels are increasingly trying to build artificial intelligence rights into artist contracts, turning what was once a niche…
India has introduced updated guidelines in 2025 to streamline the legal framework for AI-related assets, differentiating between human-involved and autonomous AI inventions across patents, copyright, trade marks, and designs, while highlighting ongoing challenges around training data and trade secrets. India’s intellectual property regime now has a clearer, if still imperfect,…
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