The TAA AI Committee, led by Chair Brenda Ulrich, has been working diligently on its three-prong goals of advocacy, education and support to TAA members around the issues that AI, and in particular GenAI and LLMs (Learning Language Models), present in the academic and textbook publishing areas. To that end, it has developed a position statement to reflect the views of TAA regarding the challenges and risks of GenAI to creators, educators and learners. TAA members were invited to provide feedback on the statement during a 30-day comment period that commenced on March 15, 2026.

The AI Committee carefully reviewed and considered the input of our members to this statement addressing one of the most pressing issues facing our members now and in the future. This final position statement will help shape and direct future actions and activities of the AI Committee and TAA generally.