Bloomberg reports AI detection tool misjudged author's experience
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Bloomberg reported that the AI detection service Pangram gave Mia Ballard's novel "Shy Girl" a 78.3% AI-generated score, after which Hachette Book Group withdrew the book from publication in March. Ballard said the accusation upended her life and that she spent two weeks in a mental health treatment facility. Ballard self-published "Poly" in July, a novella she began writing at the facility, and reviews on Goodreads still call it "another book written by ChatGPT."
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Hachette Book Group pulled Mia Ballard's book Shy Girl from publication in March after it received a 78.3% AI-written score from detection service Pangram, and Ballard describes the fallout as devastating, including racist messages and a two-week stay in a mental health facility. She later self-published the novella Poly, which drew mixed Goodreads reviews, some again accusing it of being AI-written.
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