<div data-test-ui="main" id="main" role="main"><div data-test-ui="action-bar"><div data-test-ui="website-of-year"><p><img alt="Voyager 2023 media awards" src="/pf/resources/largeImages/Voyager-2023-Website-OTY.svg?d=710"></img></p></div></div><article data-test-ui="article article--sidebar-hidden"><section data-test-ui="article__main"><header data-ref-group="header" data-test-ui="article__header"><section data-ref-group="author" data-test-ui="article__action-bar"><div data-test-ui="author"><p><img alt="Chris Keall" data-test-ui="author__image" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/nzme/9c36db5b-77f8-41e1-8b20-0f64c76f7992.jpg"></img></p><div data-test-ui="author__info"><p><time data-test-ui="meta-data__time-stamp" datetime="2023-11-16T02:30:00Z">16 Nov, 2023 02:30 AM</time><span data-test-ui="meta-data__read-time"><svg data-test-ui="svg__svg" focusable="false" viewbox="0 0 11 11" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><use xlink:href="/pf/resources/dist/svg/spritemap.svg?d=710#clock"></use></svg>14 mins to read</span></p></div></div></section></header><p data-test-ui="figure__caption">Big tech AIs like ChatGPT have ingested millions of books. That allows them to summarise novels, or even imitate an author's style. But experts say the key purpose of the exercise is to teach the AIs how to write and deliver more fluent responses. Image / Getty Creative</p><section data-ref-group="body" data-test-ui="article__body"><p class="">
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