Oh, NaNoWriMo, No.

The organization with the NaNoWriMo mark not only got a sponsorship from an entity with an LLM tool, but then declared that "categorical condemnation of Artificial Intelligence has classist and ableist undertones, and that questions around the use of AI tie to questions around privilege." That was sufficiently out there that even the sponsor said they didn't agree with that statement and position.

NaNoWriMo has since walked back and clarified that position to say they just want to make sure that they're welcoming to all writers and that they don't want "virtue signaling" around what tools people use to make their works. ( The text of the responses and commentary within )

It's a perfect "library neutral" response, honestly. NaNoWriMo says they're not taking a stand, except to proclaim themselves morally superior to anyone who has an actual opinion on the matter and to declare they know the true motivations of the same. They can be above it all and dispassionately detached and they can tell anyone who wants to mess with their dispassion to move along and go find somewhere else to do their "virtue signaling."

I doubt anyone here is surprised at how many people have said, on my socials, that they're not interested in doing NaNoWriMo any more and will host or participate in some other "create 50,000 words in 30 days" kind of challenge, whether it's in November or otherwise. Because they want the community of people helping them and commiserating with them through the process, and they want people around them who are going to support their methods and decisions, rather than consider them "virtue signalers" because they believe the process is actually more important than the output at the end.

So, as so many libraries do when they get put in the position of choosing their neutrality and niceness over substance, congratulations, NaNoWriMo, you played yourselves.