Thirteen Authors Face Boycott Calls Over 2022 Google AI Writing Study

Thirteen fiction writers face boycott threats and public name-and-shame lists after a Bluesky post on August 6 resurfaced their participation in Google's 2022 Wordcraft Writers Workshop. The study — using a LaMDA-based tool, conducted under NDAs, with results published on Magenta and arXiv — was publicly documented at the time. Backlash targets all thirteen, including one author who used no AI-generated text.