News Summary: New York Times Drops Reviewer for AI Use; Editors Struggle to Detect AI Writing

In these times when so much in the world seems quite so eyebrow-raising, it can be dangerous to look through the literary news on April Fools' Day. I had to double-check the Guardian's article about the New York Times book reviewer dropped for using AI to write a book review (but a March 31 publication date suggests it's real).
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#AIdetection #AIwriting #bookreview #bookstores #indieauthors

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News Summary: Hachette Pulls Horror Novel over AI Allegations; Author Sues Publisher

Literary scandals have been with us since Christopher Marlowe got sassy in a sketchy pub, and no doubt for centuries before. And this week, one almighty scandal erupted into the mainstream media (I confess that before this week, I hadn't noticed it bubbling away). At the same time as another literary brouhaha released its latest chapter (in which it turns out the author of the allegedly less-than-accurate memoir "The Salt Path" had actually published beforehand under a different name and was therefore not entitled to the debut prize that launched the book), publishing giant Hachette pulled one of its books from shelves after AI claims.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/hachette-pulls-horror-novel/

#AIdetection #chatGPT #Hachette #literarycontroversy #MiaBallard

DigitalTrends: YouTube is outsourcing its AI slop problem to you, and that’s a terrible idea. “YouTube has a new plan to deal with the wave of AI-generated content flooding its platform, and it involves you. The company is now asking viewers to rate whether a video feels like AI slop. On the surface, that sounds like a reasonable way to tackle low-quality AI content in your feed. In practice, […]

Kimon Fountoulakis (@kfountou)

논문 저자들이 리뷰어가 AI를 사용했는지 탐지하기 위해 논문 본문에 숨은 지시문(hidden instructions)을 넣는 사례를 관찰했다는 내용입니다. 이러한 지시문은 AI가 특정 문장을 반드시 포함하도록 유도해 AI 사용을 밝히게 하려는 의도이며, 때로는 그 문장이 인간에게도 타당한 문장인 경우가 있어 문제와 모호성을 동시에 제기합니다.

https://x.com/kfountou/status/2033366744358600883

#ai #peerreview #aidetection #research #ethics

RE: https://mastodon.social/@anirvan/116188309355036923

I can only imagine what it will be like when my five-year-old starts writing. (Shudder) #ai #writing #AIDetection