Overview
- Surveying 258 novelists and 74 industry professionals, researchers found 85% expect lower future earnings and 39% already report income loss linked to generative AI.
- 59% say their writing was used to train large language models without consent or payment, prompting calls for transparency and remuneration.
- UK creatives favor consent‑based data use, with 86% backing opt‑in training and 48% preferring collective licensing, as proposed opt‑out text‑and‑data mining faces criticism.
- Romance, thriller and crime authors are seen as most exposed, with some warning of a two‑tier market where human‑written novels become premium products.
- Platforms confront AI‑generated content flooding, with Amazon capping daily self‑publishing uploads and authors reporting rip‑offs and titles falsely listed under their names.