South African author publishes 370 AI-written books in 20 months despite backlash
South African author Coral Hart has published 370 AI-assisted books since 2025, facing online abuse and death threats over her methods.
South African author Coral Hart has published over 370 books using artificial intelligence since February 2025, despite facing criticism and threats. Hart, who uses the pseudonym Coral Hart to protect her real name, defended her use of AI, stating that conversations about AI in publishing needed to be started. She began using AI around 20 months ago and had previously worked in publishing for 14 years.
Hart uses multiple AI models, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok, to generate her books. She tailors her content to specific readers based on market research and claims to have sold over one million books in digital, print, and audio formats, earning more than $1 million this year. Despite the backlash, Hart insists that books are selling and readers are not interested in rubbish content.
She has trained hundreds of people in her AI authoring method and is developing software called Authorythm.
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