{"id":238916,"date":"2025-11-02T03:26:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T03:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/238916\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T03:26:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T03:26:29","slug":"eibf-publishes-charter-on-ai-as-trade-faces-huge-watershed-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/238916\/","title":{"rendered":"EIBF publishes Charter on AI as trade faces \u2018huge watershed moment\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF)<\/a> has published a Charter on Artificial Intelligence<\/a>, \u201csetting out our position and guiding principles on the responsible and ethical use of AI in the bookselling and wider book ecosystem\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Charter emphasises that \u201cthe book sector and society as a whole find themselves at a watershed moment\u201d as \u201cAI has huge potential to bring vast added value to all parts of the book ecosystem but, at the same time, there is growing evidence of abuse, challenges and threats to copyright and Intellectual Property (IP), which is the foundation on which the whole sector stands\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recognising both the opportunities and risk of AI, its eight “Guiding Principles” include the statements that governance and accountability are needed to level the playing field; that a human-centric and ethical GenAI is the way forward for the industry and that consumers have the right to know, so any books including any content produced by AI should be clearly labelled as such.<\/p>\n

EIBF president, Fabian Paagman, said: \u201cWith this Charter, EIBF reaffirms its commitment to promoting innovation while safeguarding the rights of creators, ensuring transparency for consumers, and supporting a competitive and sustainable book industry. We look forward to working closely with our colleagues across the book sector to uphold these shared values.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Charter also emphasises the fact \u201ccopyright enables innovation\u201d, and that \u201cworks protected by the intellectual property regime, and the authors and creators who rely on it for their livelihood, are what make technical innovations like AI possible in the first place\u201d and the importance of environmental sustainability.<\/p>\n

The Society of Authors has also previously published AI guidance<\/a>, while in 2023 the Publishers Association formed an AI taskforce<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Society of Authors CEO Anna Ganley told The Bookseller: \u201cThe Society of Authors welcomes the EIBF Charter on AI, which recognises both the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence. Protecting intellectual property is essential to authors incomes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We continue to urge the UK Government to establish a clear, ethical framework that ensures transparency, control, and fair payment. Developers must disclose training data sources, and AI-generated content should be clearly labelled. \u00a0Consumers deserve to know what they\u2019re reading. We also call on governments worldwide to address the environmental impact of AI. Urgent action is needed to protect both people and the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) has published a Charter on Artificial Intelligence, \u201csetting out our position…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-238916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}