'Grifter', 'villain' -- insults abound on social media to describe the author who, has become the symbol of AI's arrival in publishing. (AFP pic)CAPE TOWN: South African writer Coral Hart has published more than 370 books since February 2025 using artificial intelligence, a process she passionately defends despite criticism and threats.
"Grifter", "villain" -- insults abound on social media to describe the author who, in her forties, has become the symbol of AI's arrival in publishing.
Coral Hart -- a pseudonym she uses to protect her real name -- told AFP in an interview she had received "tens of thousands" of hate messages and several death threats.
In this hostile environment, few authors using AI agree to speak publicly and show their faces.
