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NaNoWriMo is in disarray after organizers defend AI writing tools
It said opposing the tech ignores “classist and ableist” issues.
Meanwhile, Daniel José Older, a lead story architect for Star Wars: The High Republic, announced that he was resigning from the NaNoWriMo Writers Board due to the statement. “Generative AI empowers not the artist, not the writer, but the tech industry,” Star Wars: Aftermath author Chuck Wendig said in response to NaNoWriMo’s stance. The organization was previously criticized over a lack of transparency following allegations of child endangerment and grooming and for platforming its sponsor’s AI writing assistance tools.
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