Gatekeeping

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Publishing Industry’s Gatekeeping and AI Environmental Impacts

by Catharina Steel
April 21, 2026April 19, 2026

Cath compares the environmental carbon footprint of AI use to human work in a way that is missed in most discussions. It’s an honest look into the Publishing Industry’s gatekeeping around AI use and the ethics of reporting one sided arguments.