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German book distributors accused of feeding self-published works into AI

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German book distributors tredition and epubli are reportedly feeding self-published works into AI models. This practice has raised concerns among authors who see their creative content being used to train AI systems without explicit consent or compensation. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about the use of copyrighted material in AI training without author consent or compensation.

RANK_REASON The item discusses author concerns about their work being used to train AI, framing it as a negative development.

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German book distributors accused of feeding self-published works into AI

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

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    meanwhile, German book # distributor # tredition and apparently perhaps soon also # epubli feeding our # selfpublishing work into the # AI # slop machine: https:// mastoart.social/@thatwriterell ie/117021155288745899

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