Periyar Arivulagam library: What is the row over AI-generated books and fake authors?
“However, Naladiyar is actually an ancient Tamil literary work comprising 400 verses, traditionally attributed to Jain ascetics.”
What happened
A new public library in Coimbatore, India, is under scrutiny after the writer Perumal Murugan said parts of its Tamil collection appear to be AI-generated books from unfamiliar publishers, at well above normal prices. One book he flagged describes Naladiyar, an ancient collection of 400 verses, as a poet and philosopher; another reportedly gets the name of Tamil Nadu's first chief minister wrong.