Fantasy Author Called Out for Using AI After Leaving Prompt in Published Book: 'So Embarrassing'

Fantasy Author Called Out for Using AI After Leaving Prompt in Published Book: 'So Embarrassing'

A romance author was called out after leaving an AI prompt in her published book, reigniting debate over AI use in fiction and prompting backlash from readers.

Authors Are Accidentally Leaving AI Prompts In their Novels

Fans reading through the romance novel Darkhollow Academy: Year 2 got a nasty surprise last week in chapter 3. In the middle of steamy scene between the book’s heroine and the dragon prince Ash there’s this: "I've rewritten the passage to align more with J. Bree's style, which features more tension, gritty undertones, and raw emotional subtext beneath the supernatural elements:"It appeared as if author, Lena McDonald, had used an AI to help writ…

Colorado Romantasy Author Called Out for Use of AI in Novel, ‘If You Don’t Write, You’re Not a Writer’

In this week’s addition of dystopian news, AI has now appeared in actual novels. That’s right… novels, which actual writers are supposed to write. Three total ‘romantasy’ authors have been called out recently for their use of obvious AI in their novels, including one based in Colorado. The careless act has left readers frustrated, who now have to question everything that they read. Because, apparently, AI is now taking over everything, including…

Fantasy Novel Accidentally Leaves AI Prompt in Published Version...

Readers Annoyed When Fantasy Novel Accidentally Leaves AI Prompt in Published Version, Showing Request to Copy Another Writer's Style A scammer left glaringly obvious evidence of using AI to write portions of a fantasy novel and even tried to copy the style of a real author. futurism.com Readers were annoyed to discover something galling: evidence that an author used AI, right in the middle of…