INITIATIVES to label books as written by humans, and not artificial intelligence (AI), are gaining ground following a string of scandals where authors were suspected of using the technology without admitting it.
Several labelling schemes, including from Britain, France and Germany, were being showcased at the world's biggest book industry fair in Frankfurt this week, where the challenges posed by AI were hotly debated.
Among recent cases where authors allegedly used AI, the most high-profile is that of Haitian-Canadian author Thelyson Orelien, which has rocked the French-language literary world. He has denied the claims.
The affair was a "real earthquake" for the French book trade, said Charlotte Allibert, co-founder of Librinova, a self-publishing company and literary agency.
