Romance authors seek systems to identify AI-generated books
Genre-specific concern: readers and authors need transparency on AI authorship.
Original source — reddit.comhttps://www.reddit.com/r/fantasyromance/comments/1nnsst6/is_there_an_existing_system_to_avoid_books_with/
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