A Writer Used AI To Plagiarize Me. Now What?

Anyone can use AI to copy, remix, and publish stolen work. The platforms have no good answer for what happens next.

Over the weekend, a new Substack called The Rationalist lifted analysis and writing directly from Big Technology. It plagiarized a post on the ‘Creator Economy’ — which we’d covered days prior — and went viral, hitting the front page of Hacker News and sparking a conversation with more than 80 comments. It would’ve been a terrific debut for any publicat…