The US release of a horror novel has been cancelled by its publisher over concerns that AI was used to help write it.
Shy Girl by US author Mia Ballard had been scheduled for publication in the US next month, but that will no longer go ahead, publisher Hachette said. The UK version, which was released in November, will also be discontinued.
A spokesperson for Hachette told BBC News the company “remains committed to protecting original creative expression and storytelling”.
Ballard, who sold almost 2,000 copies of the book in the UK, has denied using AI to write the book – telling the New York Times an acquaintance she hired to edit the original self-published version of the novel had used AI.