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

US release of horror novel Shy Girl cancelled and UK book discontinued after suspected AI use, as publishers feel cold shiver'

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."