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Your Next Great Read Might Be Certified ‘Organic’
Publisher description: Amid a sea of AI writing slop, a new stamp for “organic literature” will help readers to pick out books authored by real, corn-fed, free-range humans.
Wired | Oct 7, 2026 | Joel Khalili
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As scandals involving the use of artificial intelligence by professional authors pile up, a British startup has established a way for publishers to certify their books as “organic”—written by real people, no machines in sight. On Wednesday, Books by People confirmed it had received approval from the UK’s Intellectual Property Office to begin distributing a mark that indicates a published book has been authored by a human. The stamp, which looks like a thumbprint, will be displayed on the cover.
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