Book publishers quietly adopt AI for covers and copy as staff revolt, WIRED reports
emmanuelvivier · x · 2026-10-11
WIRED interviews with two dozen anonymous workers reveal HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Hachette are quietly using LLMs like Claude and ChatGPT for publicity copy, cover art and agent emails without disclosure or author consent. Editors say high-profile author cancellations over AI use are 'the tip of the iceberg', and staff are pushing back against executive-driven adoption.
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