Google swallows 11,000 novels to improve AI's conversation
by Richard Lea from Technology | The Guardian on (#1W8SP)
As writers learn that tech giant has processed their work without permission, the Authors Guild condemns 'blatantly commercial use of expressive authorship'
When the writer Rebecca Forster first heard how Google was using her work, it felt like she was trapped in a science fiction novel.
"Is this any different than someone using one of my books to start a fire? I have no idea," she says. "I have no idea what their objective is. Certainly it is not to bring me readers."
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