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AI Is No Longer the Elephant in the Room. Writers Are.

Notes from a Frankfurt Book Fair that can’t stop talking about artificial intelligence, and forgot to ask the people who write the books.

Portrait of A.M. Khalifa A.M. KhalifaOctober 23, 2026 · 6 min read

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