“Genius” AI book?

Is this it, at last? The brilliant book written by AI? Probably not, though the headline at The Bookseller does raise hopes. It reads ‘Genius novel’ sold in six and seven-figure deals at auction pulled over suspected AI use. The Mirror reports the story without the need for a subscription. Having been hailed as a work of genius, the book is suddenly unpublishable! The identity of the author is being withheld (though he’s now being identified as male and Nigerian), but The Mirror reveals that Deadline has said the title of the book is Call Me, I’ll Hide the Body — not perhaps a title of genius. The author is reported as saying “The story, characters, scenes, humour, structure and voice came from me, and I have time-stamped drafts, written notes and dated Whats-App messages documenting the book’s development. I am also concerned that AI-detector scores are being treated as conclusive evidence. “I tested passages from books published in 2012 and 2017, and the software classified them as…