Is it a bad book or is it AI?

这是糟糕的书还是人工智能?

Today, Explained

2026-05-14

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An author gets her book pulled after accusations that it was written with AI, but it might not always be so easy to catch AI writing. This episode was produced by Kelli Wessinger, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Noel King. Photo by Planet One Images/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • AI use and allegations of AI use are causing chaos in the publishing industry.

  • Some authors have had their books picked apart and their careers destroyed.

  • AI scandal that is shocking the book industry.

  • If you're wondering if it's AI slop, it is AI slop.

  • AI accusations are no fucking joke.

  • Some writers say AI is just a tool and they feel no shame about using it.

  • I'm Carl Hart and I write AI-powered romance novels that are topping Amazon charts.

  • So is it that AI is soulless and could never replicate what humans do?

  • Or is it pretty compelling?

  • Coming up on Today Explained, a scandal, an experiment, and a question, can books survive the AI revolution?

  • The word for today to explain comes from ServiceNow.

  • AI is moving fast, but without visibility, it's just chaos.

  • Different tools, different models, different teams using AI in completely different ways.

  • A mess.

  • ServiceNow turns that mess into control.

  • With the AI control tower, you see all your AI across the business in one place.

  • Oh, what it's doing, what it's done, what it's about to do, so you stay in control.

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