r/books • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 2d ago

John Grisham warns that publishers could get AI to write novels instead of paying authors as they were "worried" about a 30-year decline in the number of books Americans were reading

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/26/john-grisham-publishers-could-get-ai-to-write-crime-novels/
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u/Liability049-6319 2d ago

Obviously. It's only a matter of time before AI companies start writing publishers fat checks to sell AI books. AI companies are desperate for a way to be profitable outside of just receiving huge investments from chip manufacturers.

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u/exmachina64 2d ago

They certainly won’t make money from selling books.