Yeah. The vibe I’m getting right now from all the writers I follow is that NaNoWriMo is basically lost all credibility with everything that’s gone on over the last year. It sucks, but I’m not terribly surprised by any of it.
Their stance on AI use is incredibly disappointing. Beyond the sponsorship deal with ProWritingAid, this stance doesn’t make any sense. They’re going to inundated with AI books as a result of this, kind of like Clark’s World was last year… only NaNo are asking for the deluge.