The New Interface

Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

Reading Time: 3 minutes This article by author, data scientist and journalist Yudhanjaya Wijeratne is one of a series commissioned as part of MyWorld, a UKRI-funded project that explores the future of creative technology innovation by pioneering new ideas, products and processes in the West of England. We have commissioned writers, academics, creators and makers to contribute a written snapshot into how artificial intelligence is changing, enhancing and challenging creative writing and publishing practices.   The dominant form that AI takes in public perception… Read more »

Smash and Grab

James Bradley

Reading Time: 4 minutes This article by writer and critic James Bradley is one of a series commissioned as part of MyWorld, a UKRI-funded project that explores the future of creative technology innovation by pioneering new ideas, products and processes in the West of England. We have commissioned writers, academics, creators and makers to contribute a written snapshot into how artificial intelligence is changing, enhancing and challenging creative writing and publishing practices.   “Which is it?” Joshua Rothman asked recently. “Business as usual… Read more »

MIX 2025: Writing with Technologies

Reading Time: < 1 minute 2 July 2025, 09:00 – 18:00 at Bath Spa University’s Locksbrook Campus, Bath, UK Now in its eighth year, Bath Spa University’s MIX conference has established itself as an innovative forum for the discussion and exploration of writing and technology, bringing together researchers, writers, technologists and practitioners from around the world to make, think and… Read more »

A stylised purple brain.

My Creative Collaborator

Nadim Sadek

Reading Time: 3 minutes This article by Nadim Sadek, author and Founder & CEO of Shimmr AI, is one of a series commissioned as part of MyWorld, a UKRI-funded project that explores the future of creative technology innovation by pioneering new ideas, products and processes in the West of England. We have commissioned writers, academics, creators and makers to contribute a written snapshot into how artificial intelligence is changing, enhancing and challenging creative writing and publishing practices.   Wearing two hats – one… Read more »

From Script to Screen Webinar

Reading Time: < 1 minute From generative writing tools to augmented publishing processes, artificial intelligence is rapidly changing and challenging the landscape of creative writing and publishing. To respond, MyWorld and Bath Spa University’s Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries (CCCI) and Narrative and Emerging Technologies (NET) Lab have developed a series of free webinars, Writing with Technologies, to offers… Read more »

An abstract visualisation of AI.

What AI Can’t Steal from You

Jane Friedman

Reading Time: 3 minutes This article by Jane Friedman, editor of The Bottom Line, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, is one of a series commissioned as part of MyWorld, a UKRI-funded project that explores the future of creative technology innovation by pioneering new ideas, products and processes in the West of England. We have commissioned writers, academics, creators and makers to contribute a written snapshot into how artificial intelligence is changing, enhancing and challenging creative writing and publishing practices.  … Read more »

Beyond the Binary: How AI Teaches Us to Play Again

Imwen Eke

Reading Time: 3 minutes This article by Imwen Eke, play alchemist, creative technologist, facilitator, educator and TEDx speaker, is one of a series commissioned as part of MyWorld, a UKRI-funded project that explores the future of creative technology innovation by pioneering new ideas, products and processes in the West of England. We have commissioned writers, academics, creators and makers to contribute a written snapshot into how artificial intelligence is changing, enhancing and challenging creative writing and publishing practices.   AI is often framed… Read more »

An artist’s illustration of artificial intelligence (AI). This image depicts how AI can help humans to understand the complexity of biology. Created by artist Khyati Trehan.

AI: Collaborator, Competitor or Cannibal?

Anna Ganley

Reading Time: 3 minutes This article by Anna Ganley, CEO of the Society of Authors, is one of a series commissioned as part of MyWorld, a UKRI-funded project that explores the future of creative technology innovation by pioneering new ideas, products and processes in the West of England. We have commissioned writers, academics, creators and makers to contribute a written snapshot into how artificial intelligence is changing, enhancing and challenging creative writing and publishing practices.   Authors are innovators. Many writers are using… Read more »

Dark grey photograph of three people wearing coats and holding bags, walking across a paved square. Photograph taken from above.

The Brutalist AI Controversy

Doug Specht

Reading Time: 6 minutes Artificial intelligence is fast becoming the hot technology in film and television industry. Tech shows and university campuses are awash with case studies and demos of the power of AI to transform the way we produce visual media. However, the storm of controversy that engulfed Brady Corbet’s latest film, The Brutalist, suggests that not everyone  is ready… Read more »