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Clarkesworld suspends submissions
NPR’s interview report says Clarkesworld suspended submissions on February 20. Its editor says large numbers of submissions judged to be machine-generated increased the processing burden.
Research question
Editorial interpretation: include editorial screening labour and changes to submission channels in the history of AI disputes in literature.
Related documents
DOC-0046A sci-fi magazine has cut off submissions after a flood of AI-generated storiesSources
NPR, republished by WFSU · EN · 2023-02-24
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