{
  "id": 10861582,
  "title": "Publishing industry lays down AI rules to counter 'click-to-publish' books",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/publishing-industry-lays-down-ai-rules-to-counter-click-to-publish",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-30T05:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20260930/publishing-industry-lays-down-ai-rules-to-counter-click-to-publish-books"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "One of South Korea's leading publishing societies has unveiled a set of AI guidelines aimed at safeguarding the credibility of books in an age dominated by artificial intelligence. The Korea Publisher Society's principles focus on maintaining human responsibility and roles in the publishing process, particularly concerning the proliferation of \"click-to-publish\" books. These guidelines mark the industry's first effort to create an AI-related framework. The principles were introduced during a publishing and AI policy forum held at Seoul's Mapo Central Library, attended by 11 organizations, including the Korea Publisher Society, the Writers Association of Korea, and the Critics Alliance. By establishing these guidelines, the society hopes to protect the rights of authors and publishers, ensuring that books continue to be reliable sources of information in the era of AI.",
  "summary": "One of South Korea’s two major publishing organizations has announced a set of principles for the use of artificial intelligence (AI), seeking to address mass-produced books created with AI, often referred to as “click-to-publish” books. The Korea Publisher Society said the principles aim to ensure that books remain trusted in the AI era by clearly defining human responsibility and roles…",
  "key_points": [
    "Korea Publisher Society releases AI guidelines",
    "Guidelines focus on human responsibility in publishing",
    "11 organizations participate in the framework creation"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The publishing industry's new AI guidelines ensure human oversight in book creation, protecting authors' and publishers' rights and maintaining the credibility of books in the age of artificial intelligence.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Publishing industry lays down AI rules to counter 'click-to-publish' books",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/publishing-industry-lays-down-ai-rules-to-counter-click-to-publish-10865134",
        "published": "2026-09-30T05:22:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}