Fan Fiction Writers Use Omegaverse Stories to Trolls AIs

Fan fiction writers are up in arms over the use of their works to train generative AIs. Sudowrite, an AI-powered fiction writing tool, was recently found to be trained on Omegaverse fan fiction, leading to concerns from the fan fiction community about the appropriation of their original creative works. In response, Omegaverse writers have organized a week-long writing marathon called Knot in my Name to encourage the publishing of as much fan fiction as possible. While it is a long-shot attempt to mess with AI generators, the hope is to make it as unpalatable as possible for synthetic texts to scrape fan content for profit.
The Omegaverse is a subculture within a subculture that spans multiple fandoms and imagines a sexual dynamic in which society is divided into Alphas, Betas, and Omegas. There is an entire lexicon of Omegaverse-specific language, which would never appear organically outside of fandom spaces. As generative AI becomes more mainstream, it is inevitable that creative works will be swept up in the archives, unbeknownst to writers and artists. While fan fiction stories are derivative works, these hobbyist writers aren’t trying to profit off of their legal creative outlet. This makes it all the more insulting to fan writers and IP holders alike, who watch as their work becomes fodder for synthetic texts. The Knot in my Name campaign has so far seen 64 stories published across 51 different fandoms, amounting to roughly 450,000 words of fan fiction.