Study Claims Viral Bestseller DAGGERMOUTH Is AI-Generated

Study Claims Viral Bestseller DAGGERMOUTH is AI-Generated

AI is already everywhere, and readers may not be as good at detecting it as we think we are. Using AI-detection tool Pangram, researchers from Stony Brook University found that one in five of the 14,000 randomly selected Kindle ebooks in their data set contained more than 25% AI-generated text. Particularly notable is the finding, per Pangram, that #BookTok’s favorite dark dystopian romance, Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe, is 60% AI-written. Because…

A study of 14,419 self-published novels on Amazon using Pangram's AI detection tools: in 2,168 of the books, 50%+ of prose was AI, and in 970 books, 90%+ was AI (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)

Alexandra Alter / New York Times: A study of 14,419 self-published novels on Amazon using Pangram's AI detection tools: in 2,168 of the books, 50%+ of prose was AI, and in 970 books, 90%+ was AI  —  Big booksellers are taking different approaches to dealing with the deluge of titles generated by artificial intelligence.