If you ve ever used a voice assistant feature like Siri or Alexa to locate information welcomed movie or podcast suggestions on a streaming service such as Netflix or Spotify or accepted a suggested correction in a word processing program you ve successfully interacted with artificial intelligence or AI For years AI has touched nearly every aspect of hellip
Note The information provided here is not legal advice and should not be taken as such It is meant for general education purposes only nbsp With the right prompts from a human AI image generators such as Midjourney https midjourney com DALL E 2 https openai com product dall e 2 and Stable Diffusion https stablediffusionweb com can produce a wonderland of fantastical and beautiful works of hellip
Being an indie author is a lot of work Until we hit the best seller lists we re often forced to wear an entire haberdashery s worth of hats We re constantly researching new ideas making outlines finding beta readers or critique partners and crafting clever synopses back cover copy author bios and so much more And that s all hellip
Generative AI text and art programs may be receiving the most attention right now but they aren t the only ways authors can use AI technology nbsp Released in 2020 OpenAI s GPT 3 large language model made possible many of the text AI services that authors use today such as Jasper ai and Sudowrite GPT 3 was also the language hellip
Since Open AI s ChatGPT was released last November it s arguably become the most talked about bot since the T 800 But before we face the inevitable future in which we must choose to either embrace our robot overlords or battle sentient toasters we have an opportunity to teach this real life HAL 9000 to serve the good hellip
Artist Tanya Hales Explains What AI Art Generation Can Offer Authors Publishers Images generated by Tanya Hales in Midjourney I ve been an artist and writer since I was old enough to hold a pencil and I started earning money from my art at age sixteen The vast majority of my income over the years has hellip
Picture by Artsmart A I My quarry sits across from me fidgeting nervously scratching sweaty palms We re in a hotel room hastily arranged for the interview My cell phone is placed between us set to record and my notebook and pen are in hand nbsp I try a smile You look nervous I ve got a lot riding hellip
Does it seem to you like everyone or almost everyone is freaking out as AI and ChatGPT gain recognition and popularity Are you someone who thinks that these two could be taking cash money right out of your pocket I m not I encourage you to in the words of Taylor Swift calm down And here s hellip
Dear Indie Annie If I m being honest AI concerns me I worry about its impact on the publishing industry and that it is taking jobs away from creatives I also worry about the potential for plagiarism with what it creates But I don t want to turn it down outright Are there ways I can use hellip
Since its launch in 2022 Midjourney has been a game changer for the internet 8217 s supply of adorable cat photos AI generated cat illustrations are almost everywhere Tabbies sip catnip tea wear designer clothes and sport rainbow colored fur However few people realize how much artificial intelligence or AI programs Midjourney specifically have improved in just a few years or the hellip
What You Should Know about AI as a Marketing Tool Alexa Google Bixby Siri The automated voice that directs you when you call a business Artificial intelligence AI is everywhere and it s growing Can it help indie authors market their work Absolutely Are there some caveats Absolutely Despite some authors hesitations regarding AI use in hellip
Artificial Intelligence Sounds Straight Out of Sci Fi But What Can It Really Do The robots are coming for your keyboards and your wallets At least that s how the news may make it sound In recent months technological advancements in artificial intelligence AI programs have left every industry questioning what the future holds The discussion is hellip
Facebook s advertising platform is I would argue the easiest ads platform to learn and the easiest to scale You can spend a small amount of money and start selling books on the same day nbsp If you get it right nbsp Alternatively you can hand your money over to Facebook in exchange for nothing We want to hellip
As a self proclaimed geek in heels technology has been a mainstay in my life and career for over three decades Since my first job out of travel agent training school in 1987 I was the office nerd the one who could fix the printer or reboot the network The agents I worked with were 8220 old school 8221 knowledgeable hellip
Guest Author Ash Roberts Explains Where the Law Stands for Now People tend to view copyright of AI generated material as a settled issue but that isn t quite true When it comes to AI the legal case or more accurately cases for copyright is still a highly contested issue In the US copyright happens in two phases The second you hellip
I m not a fan of this topic because it s a heavy quagmire of technical lingo while also crossing over the legal threshold and getting the lawsuit treatment which means fitting those square techno pegs into round legal holes nbsp We ll see how the lawsuits pan out but the takeaway will give the AI producers better guidelines And hellip
At IAM we have always prided ourselves on our ability to dissect and disseminate technology information for authors From the beginning we ve understood the importance of having the right tools for your business and knowing how to use them So it felt only right for us to dedicate an issue to breaking down the newest and hellip
Additional Resources for Keeping Up with the Latest AI News Technology is constantly changing yet rarely do we give a lot of thought to what powers that technology Not so with artificial intelligence or AI With the recent surge in AI programs and their capabilities people in multiple industries have expressed concerns about its potential hellip
Without Ethical Standards AI Poses Risks to the Creative Industry As co founder of the Future of Publishing Mastermind people ask me about artificial intelligence AI a lot Since I ve been on several panels extolling the dangers of AI in creative industries people think that I m a Luddite nbsp However that couldn t be further from the truth hellip
How These Tools Became My Secret Weapon Concerning Frustrating Scary Terrifying Horrifying These are all words I ve seen used to describe writing with AI in the last week alone If anyone knows how to use words to rile up the author world it s fellow authors right But here are some other words I ve used to hellip
And You Probably Didn t Realize It Technology is constantly changing yet rarely do we give a lot of thought to what powers that technology Not so with artificial intelligence or AI With the recent surge in AI programs and their capabilities people in multiple industries have expressed concerns about its potential impact on the hellip
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