Observed arrival · 2026-10-25
VERA gives literary AI use a disclosure scale
VERA is a voluntary framework for authors and publishers to declare how AI contributed to a literary work, from idea to final text.
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- Authors and publishers disclosing AI use in literary works
- Worth noticing
- The five levels run from VERA-0, no AI, to VERA-4, majority AI-generated text; the project declares its own site VERA-3.
Field notes
The declaration walks through four stages—idea, structure, drafting, and correction—then assigns one of five public levels, from VERA-0 (no AI) to VERA-4 (majority AI with limited human intervention). The homepage says the framework is voluntary and does not automatically verify a work; it also states that VERA’s own site and text used AI and self-classifies at VERA-3. The page links to examples, certified works, editorial mode, and verification, though their workflows are not visible in this extract.
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