At Infinitas Publishing, we are aware of AI as a rapidly changing technology in the publishing field, and we’ve been doing what we can to understand various types of AI, their uses, and impact.

Given that certain forms of generative AI have been shown to have a considerable impact on the environment, as well as to have been modeled in such a way as to be ethically dubious, we felt it best to create an AI policy that explains what we do and don’t do with AI technology.

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Images

We don’t use generative AI in the making of our images, and we attempt to avoid generative AI when choosing stock images for our cover art or promotions.

Writing

We don’t use generative AI for the writing of our stories. We do use spellcheck and grammar checking, which may be classified as assistive AI. However, we make the final call as to whether to accept suggested changes.

Brainstorming and Story Development

We may use generative AI for brainstorming and plot development purposes (primarily Claude AI and AutoCrit). In these cases, we will provide the initial ideas and use AI as a “rubber duck” to help solve specific plot problems, help us to better elaborate on our ideas, and make plot suggestions. However, we make the final call as to whether to accept suggested ideas.

Editing

We use ProWritingAid for editing, which has some generative AI features. We use Manuscript Analysis and Chapter Critique features on occasion, which examine a submitted document and provides feedback on that document, but does not generate new creative content.

We also use AutoCrit’s Story Analysis and Reader features for the same purpose.

We use these tools to supplement beta-reader and editing feedback by providing a better-edited manuscript prior to sending readers/editors the manuscript.

We make the final call as to whether to accept suggested changes.

Organization and Research

We are experimenting with various AI tools (namely Perplexity AI and NotebookLM, with some testing of other models) for the purpose of searching our manuscripts and notes for worldbuilding consistency (example: checking whether a character has been described a certain way previously), for brainstorming in relation to market research (example: asking for a list of popular tropes found in a particular manuscript), and for searching for answers to questions that aren’t easily answered by general searches (example: finding related reading for a particular book that has been hard to find comp titles for).

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We will continue to evaluate other tools as they become available and to re-evaluate current tools to determine both ethical usage and environmental impact to the best of our ability before deciding which, if any, to use for ourselves, and may adjust our policy as new information regarding these tools becomes available.

We are also considering implementing an AI Usage Disclaimer for any future stories we publish which use AI tools in their creation, which will note which tools were used and how they were used.

Last Updated: December 12, 2025