Slop Hurl: horror novel Shy Girl withdrawn after it turns out AI wrote it

“Shy Girl,” a horror novel by Mia Ballard, was withdrawn by publisher Hachette this week after extremely convincing allegations that it was written using AI. Already out in the U.K., with at least 1,800 print copies sold, the book won’t be landing on store shelves in the U.S. The New York Times’ Alexandra Alter reports that the newspaper approached Hach…