After the novel Shy Girl by Mia Ballard was pulled from publication by US publishing giant Hachette earlier this month amid widespread accusations the author had used artificial intelligence, concerns about how the publishing world deals with the rapid rise of AI are now mounting just as fast.
According to reports, as much as 78 per cent of the novel could have been AI generated, sparking a row in which Ballard blamed an unnamed editor, but renewed debate about AI as an unstoppable force across the arts.
