I lean on the side that AI is becoming more sophisticated and that this was not a deliberate attempt on Hachette’s part, but rather an oversight, and I imagine for publishing as a whole, it’s just going to become harder to detect AI as time goes on.

The academic side of publishing has been on top of this from the jump, but on the trade side of things, it’s been rather laissez-faire and trusting that authors remain honest.

As an agent, seeing submissions with AI-assisted query letters and manuscripts has been rather obvious to spot, but I worry it’s just going to get more complicated with time and I can no longer assume nothing can get past me.

As a writer, I’m frankly just disappointed it’s even come to this. We can’t be authentic with our writing anymore and we need a machine that just regurgitates the works of others? We’re better than this.