AIs can generate near-verbatim copies of novels from training data

AIs can generate near-verbatim copies of novels from training data

• The world’s top AI models can be prompted to generate near-verbatim copies of bestselling novels, raising fresh questions about the industry’s claim that its systems do not store

Consumer Tech · February 23, 2026 (updated February 25, 2026) · 2 min · 404 words