From low-quality computer-written books flooding the market to potential copyright violations, publishing is the latest industry to feel the threat from rapid developments in artificial intelligence.
Since the launch last year of ChatGPT, an easy-to-use AI chatbot that can deliver an essay upon request within seconds, there have been growing worries about the impact of generative AI on a range of sectors.
Among book industry players there is "a deep sense of insecurity," said Juergen Boos, director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's biggest, where the topic was in focus last week.
They are asking "what happens to authors' intellectual property? Who does new content actually belong to? How do we bring this into value chains?" he said.
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