If you use generative AI to put words on paper, I want you to know it’s recently been reported in the Atlantic that at least one tech company – Meta – developed their AI using pirated books and pirated articles. It’s likely other tech giants have done the same.

More, I want you to know that at least one company – Meta again – used pirated copies of my books to train their AI.

How do I know? Well, you may have heard that George R.R. Martin, Jodi Picoult, and a bunch of other authors in the ...