Hachette

Hachette pulled a book once it proved partly or heavily AI-written. Hachette withdrew the book from the market after it became clear AI had written part or most of it. The book lost its credibility at once.

Yann Martel cites the case as evidence that readers devalue text once they know it is AI, and he expects publishers to ban AI beyond spellcheck. He says: "I'd rather read a bad short story by a human than a good one by a computer." The sources do not name the book.

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