The US Book Show took place on Tuesday, with speakers discussing connecting with readers, the next generation of publishing, and—what else?—AI. In a conversation with Simon & Schuster ceo Jonathan Karp, Hachette Book Group ceo David Shelley noted that there are “benign” uses for AI, like compiling metadata, but that uses by “bad actors” like using copyrighted works to train AI models and using AI to create content are a challenge. “I think that it would be naive and lazy and incurious not to be intensely interested in what’s happening with AI, it’s certainly not why I got into book […]
