Authors Publish ‘Empty Book’ to Protest AI Use of Their Work
The Middle East Observer [Unofficial]
March 18, 2026
Thousands of writers have launched a symbolic protest against the use of copyrighted material in artificial intelligence training by publishing an “empty” book listing only the names of its contributors. The project, titled “Don’t Steal This Book,” includes around 10,000 authors, among them Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro, novelist Philippa Gregory, and writer Richard Osman. Copies […]
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