Two Truths and a Lie
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It’s April Fool’s Day, which is a holiday I can’t do without. There are a lot of fake things in the world for which I give no credit. However. I almost fell in love with one today. In fact, this is one of the three stories below. So here’s today’s game: I’m going to link the titles of three stories and include some actual copies from each story. Read them all and then try to guess which one is the joke. I will link the fake story below so you can check your work. Here it is.
Harlequin to co-produce AI-generated ‘microdrama’
“Harlequin has announced a multi-year agreement with Dashverse, an AI entertainment company specializing in shortform video, to co-produce a slate of 40 animated microdramas inspired by Harlequin romance titles, starting with Katherine Mann’s A Fairy-Tale Ending next month.
According to the announcement, each shortform video series will be “developed by a team of illustrators aided by Dashverse’s proprietary production system, Frameo” and distributed in English on “leading global microdrama platforms including Dashverse’s DashReels.” The “short, mobile-friendly episodes” are intended to appeal to “on-the-go” viewers, the publisher said. [Full story]
John Green’s debut novel for adults is being published this fall
“Adapted from a story read over “a series of semi-secret livestreams” during the early days of the pandemic, “Hollywood, Ending” follows two young actors, Kai and Juniper, on the verge of a breakout. But as their celebrated biopic “Andy Warhol Never Gets Old” comes out, they’re also falling in love. Now, they must confront celebrity and the “private costs of public life.” [Full link]
AI platform set to transform publishing
“A consortium of Big Five publishers announced the launch of Txt2U, an artificial-intelligence platform designed to automate every step of the literary supply chain.
The new venture will publish books written, edited, reviewed and purchased entirely by AI. [Full link]
and here is fake link
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