A national writers nonprofit is the latest front in the war against generative AI

NaNoWriMo refuses to condemn the use of AI for its annual challenge. Writers are not having it.

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Authors were baffled by the organizations position on using AI to write a novel.
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The war between creatives and advanced generative artificial intelligence like ChatGPT has hit the shores of one of the world's most popular communities. A 25-year-old nonprofit, known for its month-long novel-writing challenge dubbed NaNoWriMo, has enraged popular writers and avid participants with its position on using AI for the challenge.

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Theara Coleman, The Week US

Theara Coleman has worked as a staff writer at The Week since September 2022. She frequently writes about technology, education, literature and general news. She was previously a contributing writer and assistant editor at Honeysuckle Magazine, where she covered racial politics and cannabis industry news.