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A Peruvian novel written 99% by AI sparks debate over literary authorship

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The novel "Donde el agua trabaja", by Peruvian author David Silva Rojas, contains 99% text generated by a language model, according to the detector Pangram, as reported by EL PAÍS. The case, described as the first significant one in Spanish-language literature, has sparked a debate among writers about creativity and the limits of technology. Pangram also said in a report this summer that only 53.2% of long posts on X are entirely human.

In 40 seconds

  • The detector Pangram attributes at least 99% of the text of David Silva Rojas's novel to a language model
  • EL PAÍS broke the story on Friday and describes it as the first significant case in Spanish-language literature
  • Writers such as Azahara Palomeque and Patricio Pron questioned on social media the point of handing writing over to a machine
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IASummary generated by artificial intelligence from a story by EL PAÍS. It may contain errors: the original source prevails.

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