Publisher cancels $2.4 million book deal over AI suspicions; author denies them
Hachette cancelled the publication of a crime novel that sold for $2.4 million at a 14-publisher auction, after an internal review found signs of AI writing. The author told the Wall Street Journal that he is innocent.
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