'We're too frightened to talk about it': Rapid rise of AI is now the 'single greatest threat' to authors and literary agents
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'We're too frightened to talk about it': Rapid rise of AI is now the 'single greatest threat' to authors and literary agents
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US release of horror novel Shy Girl cancelled and UK book discontinued after suspected AI use, as publishers feel ‘cold shiver’
‘There is widespread concern from novelists that generative AI trained on vast amounts of fiction will undermine the value of…
Author Mia Ballard denies having used AI herself when writing the horror story Shy Girl.
Women 20 per cent less likely to engage with generative AI tools than men, report finds
The publisher has cancelled the US release of Shy Girl by Mia Ballard and withdrawn the UK edition after weeks of online…
Authors Naomi Alderman, Curtis Sittenfeld and more on why artificial intelligence is stirring fears for the future of book…
