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Tokarczuk Buys AI for Fact-Checking, Sparks Literary Debate

5/21/2026

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On May 19, 2026, Olga Tokarczuk said she bought an advanced AI model and uses it only for fact-checking and research, not to write her upcoming novel.
She warned the AI suggested a wrong song title, showing that hallucinations can occur.
Writer Szczepan Twardoch likened AI use to “marrying a vibrator.”
Writer Ziemowit Szczerek defended Olga Tokarczuk, calling the moral outrage unwarranted.

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On May 19, 2026, Olga Tokarczuk said she bought an advanced AI model and uses it only for fact-checking and research, not to write her upcoming novel.
She warned the AI suggested a wrong song title, showing that hallucinations can occur.
Writer Szczepan Twardoch likened AI use to “marrying a vibrator.”
Writer Ziemowit Szczerek defended Olga Tokarczuk, calling the moral outrage unwarranted.