Author or artificial intelligence? Literature in crisis
AI is a hot topic at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair.
DW reports: AI is a hot topic at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair.
An international literary scandal has raised questions about machine-generated texts.
This world story centres on Germany. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include AI and Frankfurt Book Fair.
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