24 h. ago Publishing boss claims AI can help authors beat writer’s block

Nigel Newton noted that readers want to read books penned by well-known writers

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28 h. ago AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief

Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing dealBusiness live – latest updatesAuthors will come to rely on artificial intelligence to help them beat writer’s block, the boss of the book publisher Bloomsbury has said.Nigel Newton, the founder and chief executive of the publisher behind the Harry Potter series, said the technology could support almost all creative arts, although it would not fully replace prominent writers. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago AI sparks creativity and can beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief

Nigel Newton said the technology can support almost all of the creative arts but that it would not have the power to replace big names.

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36 h. ago Harry Potter publisher expects more books written with help from AI

Bloomsbury chief executive Nigel Newton believes AI will help authors beat writer's block and spark creativity - just like in all the other arts including painting and music

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2 w. ago Lost chapter of Jack Kerouac's On The Road discovered in estate of New York Mafia boss

A manuscript written by iconic Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac as part of his On The Road saga had been languishing in the files of murdered Mafia boss Paul Castellano for 40 years

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2 w. ago ‘Very significant’ Jack Kerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction

Exclusive: Two-page 1957 manuscript signed by author linked to his classic of beat literature, On the RoadA “very significant” unpublished story by Jack Kerouac described as “a lost chapter of the On the Road saga” has been discovered after languishing in the files of an assassinated Mafia crime boss for at least 40 years.The two-page typewritten manuscript signed by Kerouac in green ink is titled The Holy, Beat, and Crazy Next Thing and is dated 15 April 1957, five months before his classic of beat literature, On the Road, was published. Continue reading...

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