{
  "id": 16174984,
  "title": "Coral Hart: South African author defends using AI to publish more than 370 books",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/coral-hart-south-african-author-defends-using-ai-to-publish-more-than",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-23T09:21:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/sunday-tribune/news/2026-10-23-coral-hart-south-african-author-defends-using-ai-to-publish-more-than-370-books/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South African author Coral Hart says artificial intelligence has helped her publish more than 370 books since February 2025, despite criticism, threats and concerns about “AI slop”.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}