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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Amelia Hill

‘Soon publishers won’t stand a chance’: literary world in struggle to detect AI-written books

Illustration of humanoid robot hand typing on laptop computer
‘We all work in an AI-hybrid world now,’ said a professor of information science. Illustration: style-photography/Getty Images

Recently, the literary agent Kate Nash started noticing that the submission letters she was receiving from authors were becoming more thorough – albeit also more formulaic.

“I took it as a rise in diligence,” she said. “I thought it was a good thing.”

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