"Artificial intelligence has stolen works by Catalan authors"

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"Today is an important day for the authors of our country, because the entities that represent them have united to promote a shared publishing contract model that is more transparent, balanced, and respectful," announced Sebastià Portell (ses Salines, 1992), president of the Association of Writers in the Catalan Language since 2022, this Monday at the Ateneu Barcelonès, during the presentation of the initiative he has driven and to which eight other entities have joined, representing a total of more than 4,000 authors. "The main objective is to improve the conditions of those we represent, which in many cases are precarious," he added, accompanied by representatives from PEN Català, the Association of Writers of Catalonia (ACEC), the Professional Association of Translators and Interpreters of Catalonia (APTIC), and three associations of playwrights: the Catalan, the Valencian, and that of the Balearic Islands. The initiative, a pioneer in the State, has encountered a first obstacle, that of the publishers, who "for the moment have refused to be part of the conversation."