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Hi and welcome to the daily briefing for authors and writers that accompanies the short video editorial on my socials.

As an author you may, or may not like it. But AI is here to stay and regardless of our feelings about its place and validity in the creative cycle. The genie is not climbing back in the box.

So to ensure we have a voice in the explosive narrative and to be able to decide for ourselves where we position ourselves in the use of AI. These posts will summarise the latest developments and hopefully provide a level of clarity

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Thursday, 13 August 2026

Anthropic considers buying an AI video specialist

Anthropic is reportedly in talks to acquire Nvidia-backed Decart AI, a startup specialising in real-time generative video. A deal would represent an important expansion for the maker of Claude beyond predominantly text-based AI and into rapidly developing visual-generation technology. (Reuters)

Why it matters: AI companies are increasingly trying to build complete creative platforms rather than isolated chatbots. Text, images, video, voice, agents and coding are converging. For writers and creators, that points toward systems capable of taking a written scene and progressively turning it into concept art, storyboards, dialogue, animation and eventually finished video.

A fascinating and uncomfortable result for writers

A new study reported by The Bookseller found that readers gave the highest ratings to AI-generated stories when they believed those stories had been written by humans. The result arrives amid a much wider publishing-industry argument over AI authorship, including concerns about writers being wrongly accused of using generative AI. (The Bookseller)

Why it matters: The intriguing part isn't simply whether AI can produce readable prose. It suggests that knowledge of authorship changes how readers judge the work. That makes provenance and transparency increasingly important to publishing: readers may care not only about whether a story is good, but also about who—or what—created it.

The story I'd watch: AI moving from chatbot to creative operating system. The potential Anthropic-Decart deal looks relatively small beside the day's geopolitical news, but the underlying direction is important. We're getting closer to a point where one AI environment could move seamlessly from novel → character visualisation → storyboard → voices → cinematic scene. For independent authors, that could dramatically change what a single creator can produce. (Reuters)

Rob Frankson bio

Born in London within the sounds of Bo Bells which makes me a Cockney. Moved to Essex which makes me an Essex boy. Married a beautiful Essex girl and have been dancing with her around  a handbag for over thirty years . Moved to Kent and that made me a Kentish man and now we are in Suffolk which apparently makes me a Tractor Boy.

Love my family and friends and I seem to have a never ending creative well of schemes and adventures that keeps everyone amused, befuddled and exasperated.

On the Serious side my IT consultancy skills and knowledge are extensive and have kept me in business for a long time. My writing keeps me sane (mostly) and on occasion I have even been known to play a guitar or two.

But never ever ask me to cook, feed me or get me wet after midnight

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