Book authors get a startup to help them deal with AI companies

• Created by Humans is one of several startups seeking to fill that void.

Details: It's co-founded and led by Trip Adler, who's had years of experience with book authors as CEO of Scribd.

• "We're trying to broker a three-way deal here — between the authors, publishers, and AI companies — by creating a whole new proprietary framework for AI rights," Adler explains. "Particularly for the long tail of creators who don't have the scale to strike their own deals like big media companies do."
• He adds that the company plans to eventually expand into music and video rights.

The latest: Created by Humans on Tuesday announced that it raised more than $5 million in seed funding from investors like David Sacks' Craft Ventures, Floodgate, Launch, Slow Ventures, and Garry Tan.

• Also investing was journalist and author Walter Isaacson, who is joining the company as a creative adviser and "founding author."
• In a statement, Isaacson said: "Created by Humans is solving authors' key challenges with AI: control over if and how our work is used by AI companies, the accuracy of outputs referencing our work, and getting compensation for our work's use."