Macmillan staff say publisher celebrated AI assistant NOA, then killed it
Wired AI · rss · 2026-10-28
WIRED reports that Macmillan employees say the publisher threw a party for NOA ("No Ordinary Assistant"), a workplace AI assistant that was later killed. Workers describe NOA as unhelpful. Bestselling authors also say AI is damaging their relationships with Big Five publishers, highlighting friction over AI adoption in the publishing industry.
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