There’s never been a better time to be a reader. From Goodreads and The StoryGraph to BookTok and the book club boom, discovering your next read is easier than ever. In 2024, book club events on Eventbrite jumped 31% from the previous year, especially among Gen Z and millennials. Modern clubs now include activities like crafting and wine tastings, and formats like silent book clubs are growing. Yet, most still center books by white authors. It’s one of the reasons why Ifeoma Igwe created Mylitcorner, a web app that uses AI to
Several authors, such as Mona Awad, Paul Tremblay, Christopher Golden, Richard Kadrey, and Sarah Silverman, have filed lawsuits against OpenAI for unlawfully “ingesting” their books. The authors claim OpenAI breached copyright law by training ChatGPT on their novels without their permission. How ChatGPT ‘learns.’ ChatGPT, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot, skyrocketed in popularity following its release late last year. People mainly use it to compose essays, write emails, create creative stories, and get answers to questions about an extensive range of topics concisely and conversationally. Generative AI models like ChatGPT are
