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Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk apparently used AI to write her latest novel

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Nobel Prize-winning author Olga Tokarczuk admitted to using AI while writing her latest novel, using it to research details like period-appropriate songs for characters. She called AI "an advantage of unbelievable proportion" for literary fiction, saying it expands her creativity. However, she later denied using AI for anything beyond research. She also says this will be her final novel, believing readers have lost interest in complex literary work.

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