The Authors Guild has warned that editors and agents should never upload submitted manuscripts into consumer-facing AI systems for tasks like summarizing or editing without the author’s written permission.
Using these tools risks infringing on copyright, exposing personal data, and allowing proprietary content to train AI models without consent.
Many consumer AI platforms use input data to train their models, effectively stealing intellectual property.
The Authors Guild calls on publishers to establish strict policies against using AI for editing, marketing copy, or other tasks using author work without consent.
The Authors Guild recommends that creators include specific clauses in publishing contracts to forbid AI usage and to demand transparency regarding where their work is processed.
