It's deliciously ironic that AI companies that copied countless published works (including mine) without permission now whine that Chinese firms are copying their AI designs. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/science/china-ai-distillation-copying.html #AI #tech #publishing #paytheauthor #booksky
Is China Really Stealing A.I. From American Companies?
As Xi Jinping visits President Trump in Washington, the leaders are expected to discuss claims that China is surreptitiously copying American A.I. technologies, a process known as distillation.
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2026 at 3:36 PM
It's deliciously ironic that AI companies that copied countless published works (including mine) without permission now whine that Chinese firms are copying their AI designs. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/science/china-ai-distillation-copying.html #AI #tech #publishing #paytheauthor #booksky
@colsonwhitehead.com whether you need to hear it or not, someone looks at your books on the shelf and thinks the same thing. Both of you keep on writing, and #PayTheAuthor!
July 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
@colsonwhitehead.com whether you need to hear it or not, someone looks at your books on the shelf and thinks the same thing. Both of you keep on writing, and #PayTheAuthor!
It's only when I realize that Meta has been using my work to train AI that I get pissed.
One of the richest men in the world needs to steal from me to make more money while training my inferior replacement?
That's precious. Really. Thanks heaps. Take my money. I don't need to eat.
#PAYTHEAUTHOR
One of the richest men in the world needs to steal from me to make more money while training my inferior replacement?
That's precious. Really. Thanks heaps. Take my money. I don't need to eat.
#PAYTHEAUTHOR
March 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It's only when I realize that Meta has been using my work to train AI that I get pissed.
One of the richest men in the world needs to steal from me to make more money while training my inferior replacement?
That's precious. Really. Thanks heaps. Take my money. I don't need to eat.
#PAYTHEAUTHOR
One of the richest men in the world needs to steal from me to make more money while training my inferior replacement?
That's precious. Really. Thanks heaps. Take my money. I don't need to eat.
#PAYTHEAUTHOR
July 21, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Its opening line: "Desperate to maintain its online dominance, Google abandoned its early motto of 'Don’t be evil' and engaged in one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history."
#PayTheAuthor
#PayTheAuthor
Huge new class action lawsuit filed by big publishers and authors against Google this week over AI training.
It accuses Google of taking millions of books / articles provided to them for use only in Google Books, Google Play Books, and Google Scholar, and secretly using them to train LLMs.
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It accuses Google of taking millions of books / articles provided to them for use only in Google Books, Google Play Books, and Google Scholar, and secretly using them to train LLMs.
🧵 1/4
July 21, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Its opening line: "Desperate to maintain its online dominance, Google abandoned its early motto of 'Don’t be evil' and engaged in one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history."
#PayTheAuthor
#PayTheAuthor