So then if I come in and I'm gonna work with you, do you have to basically look me in the eye at this point and say, "Did AI write this? How, how did you use AI?"

Well, we, we've had, we've had, um, in our contracts forever, and I don't think this is different for most publishers or any publishing contract I've ever seen, where it's-- you make-- the author makes a representation that the work is their sole creation, and they-- and then they're, they're, they're-- they, they make a representation that they will identify any parts that aren't.

So here's a perfect example.

There are plenty of books that might have a song lyric or might cite someone else's book.

You know, part of the editor's job is to, you know, identify those, but really it's the author's job to say, "Hey, I quoted so-and-so here." And for fiction as well, right? You've seen it.

So this hasn't changed in-- I mean, I've been in-- working for publishing companies for the last twenty-five years.

I've been in the entertainment business, you know, for the last, you know, thirty-five years.

I would call that Google on steroids category.