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.
Key takeaways
South African author Coral Hart, using a pseudonym, published 370 books in 20 months with AI, facing criticism and threats.
- Coral Hart uses AI to write and has published 370 books since February 2025.
- She faces online abuse and threats but defends AI's role in publishing.
- Hart previously worked in publishing for 14 years without AI.
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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.
