Explore / Human authorship

Can you explain the choices behind the finished work?

Keep intention, responsibility and the writer’s contribution visible.

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Prepared 16 Sept 2026 · original source dates retained

Neil Clarke's blog post on Clarkesworld's 2023 spam spike shows what an AI-writing flood cost one small magazine.

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ICMJE's recommendations tie authorship to accountability, a threshold its own guidance says a chatbot cannot meet.

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COPE's position statement says AI tools cannot meet authorship criteria and must be disclosed wherever they contribute.

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WAME's recommendations bar chatbot authorship and require authors to verify that a citation actually supports what a chatbot claims.

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The Authors Guild's model clauses let an author reserve, license or require approval over specific AI uses of their book.

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The Society of Authors reports member-survey findings on falling income and offers a label for books written without generative AI.

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PEN America's Speech in the Machine sets out free-expression risks from generative AI, distinct from copyright claims in court.

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APA's journals policy requires citing a generative AI tool used in a manuscript while barring the tool from being named an author.

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AP's generative AI standards flatly prohibit altering news photos while treating AI text output as unvetted source material.

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Fairly Trained's Licensed Model certification flags AI companies that license training data, without ruling on any book's authorship.

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