Orwell predicted the AI slop novel in 1949

Historian Laura Beers, who is part of the Bartz v. Anthropic class action settlement, writes in The Conversation about realizing that Claude wasn't just trained on the content of her books — it was trained on her voice. In March 2026, journalist Julia Angwin filed a similar suit against Grammarly, accusing the company of using writers' identities to power an "Expert Review" tool that mimics specific authors. — Read the rest The post Orwell predicted the AI slop novel in 1949 appeared first on Boing Boing.