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In the sentence “Shy Girl by US author Mia Ballard had been...

Ano: 2026
Banca: Fundação Universidade Empresa de Tecnologia e Ciências - FUNDATEC
Prova: FUNDATEC - Prefeitura de Pontão - Professor - Área: Inglês - 2026

Publisher cancels horror novel's release over AI claims


By Paul Glynn


  1. Shy Girl was originally self-published in February 2025, then got a full UK release in
  2. November.
  3. The US release of a horror novel has been cancelled by its publisher over concerns that AI
  4. was used to help write it.
  5. Shy Girl by US author Mia Ballard had been scheduled for publication in the US next month,
  6. but that will no longer go ahead, publisher Hachette said. The UK version, which was released in
  7. November, will also be discontinued.
  8. A spokesperson for Hachette told BBC News the company “remains committed to protecting
  9. original creative expression and storytelling”.
  10. Ballard, who sold almost 2,000 copies of the book in the UK, has denied using AI to write
  11. the book—telling the New York Times an acquaintance she hired to edit the original self-published
  12. version of the novel had used AI.
  13. “This controversy has changed my life in many ways and my mental health is at an all time
  14. low and my name is ruined for something I didn't even personally do,” she said, noting she was
  15. pursuing legal action.
  16. The New York Times, which first reported the story, said it “appears to be the first
  17. commercial novel from a major publishing house to be pulled over evidence of AI use”.
  18. The publisher said: “Hachette remains committed to protecting original creative expression
  19. and storytelling”.
  20. “Orbit (in the US) will not publish Shy Girl, and Wildfire (in the UK) have decided to no
  21. longer continue publishing their edition,” it added, referring to its imprints.
  22. Originally self-published last February, Shy Girl was described in its promotional material
  23. as a “buzzy¹ BookTok sensation” and “a harrowing tale of survival and revenge” and well as
  24. being “bloody and unapologetic”.
  25. However, one reviewer on the GoodReads website claimed the book appeared to be “written
  26. by ChatGPT”, while another noted the “bizarre formatting, typos and repetitive turns of phrase”.
  27. BBC News has approached Ballard for further comment.


¹Buzzy (adj.): Something that is buzzy is getting a lot of attention and excitement, especially online. People are talking about it a lot, and it is popular right now.


(Available at: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9d44jj24o – text specially adapted for this test).

In the sentence “Shy Girl by US author Mia Ballard had been scheduled for publication in the US next month, but that will no longer go ahead”, the use of “had been scheduled” serves to:

A

Indicate an action that was planned to happen before another point in the past.

B

Describe a permanent state or a general truth in the present.

C

Express a continuous action that is happening at the moment of speaking.

D

Make a certain prediction about a future event that cannot be changed.

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