This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Last week, The Atlantic published an investigation revealing that tens of thousands of pirated books are being used to train major generative-AI programs. The list of authors whose work has been scraped includes Zadie Smith, bell hooks, Michael Pollan, and Stephen King; King wrote in The Atlantic today about his reaction to having his work used in this way. I spoke with Damon Beres, The Atlantic’s Technology editor, and Gal Beckerman, our Books editor, about the ethics of using books to train AI, broader questions around piracy, and whether bots can create work with literary value. First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic: “It Feels New” Lora Kelley: Is the use of pirated books to train AI bad for authors? Damon Beres: A lot of people have this persistent and valid fear that these programs are in …