Nearly 10,000 Authors Publish 'Empty' Book at London Book Fair to Protest AI Copyright Theft

Nearly 10,000 authors, including Kazuo Ishiguro and Richard Osman, publish a deliberately empty book titled 'Don't Steal This Book' at the London Book Fair, demanding the UK government block AI companies from using copyrighted creative work without permission or payment.

• Nearly 10,000 writers, including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory, and Richard Osman, are publishing an 'empty' book called 'Don't Steal This Book' at the London Book Fair to protest AI companies using their work without permission or payment.
• Organizer Ed Newton-Rex warns that generative AI is 'built on stolen work' and is directly competing with and financially harming the creators whose work it trains on, urging the UK government to refuse to legalize the use of creative work by AI companies.
• The UK government faces a March 18th deadline to deliver an economic impact assessment on proposed copyright law changes, with options ranging from requiring AI firms to obtain licenses to allowing unrestricted use of copyrighted material, sparking widespread outrage among creative professionals.