Following from Monday, there is another AI story follow-up. This one relates to the current copyright case against OpenAI, and the motion brought by OpenAI to bar any reliance by those bringing the suit on Dr. Tuhin Chakrabarty's widely cited paper on market dilution.
ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway
Chakrabarty's study makes the case that generative AI is leading to market dilution that has the potential to cause significant economic harm to creators.
OpenAI had argued that the paper should not be considered by the court ruling in a case brought against it because, it alleged, the work was funded by Susman Godfrey, the firm acting for the plaintiffs in the case.
Chakrabarty has denied this in a sworn declaration. But those bringing the case have not sought to oppose AI's motion, and Chakrabarty's article has been dropped from the evidence submitted.
Thanks to Jane Friedman, who has just delivered the keynote talk at ALLi's SelfPubCon 2026, for this particular story. Jane has some very helpful and regularly updated FAQs on AI for writers over on her website, so do check in there on a regular basis.
Translators Feel the Squeeze
And we'll round out the AI for the week with a follow-up to last week's observations about the impact on ghostwriters. This week, some insights from another of the most heavily hit parts of the literary industry: translation.
Frankfurt saw results shared from the 2026 survey of the European Council of Literary Translators' Associations (CEATL), with 1,785 respondents. Seventy-seven percent of those had reported negative attitudes to generative AI within the industry, and more than a third had considered leaving their profession. And putting some figures to the challenge facing translators, 30 percent reported a drop in assignments, which they attributed to the growing use of AI. Publishing Perspectives has an excellent roundup of AI developments across Frankfurt should you have any unsated appetite for such remaining.
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