Sun City West resident and author Genevieve Marshall said she had not used AI until around late 2025, when her daughter turned her onto it.
She realized it can be used to spell check and her beta readers found fewer mistakes during the editing process.
“I started playing around with it and started noticing what AI can do and was shocked when I watched a video and saw how many people give it a four-paragraph prompt and it creates a whole story line for you,” she said.
Recently, Marshall submitted her book for several awards and two different companies for critique. She said feedback shows about four items were flagged as having “AI elements” and she was heartbroken because she did not use AI-generated writing anywhere and her evaluation was 17-pages long.
“For me I use certain phrases because of my age that were very common, but are not in today’s language,” said Marshall.
Marshall said she learned then she would have to change her writing style. She will utilize a list to capture what was considered AI. This program goes through an author’s writing and grades the context. Marshall said through this program she found she used a specific word more than 105 times.
Marshall said moving forward she plans to educate herself and adapt to the changing style.
In 2019, James Daunt stepped in as the new Barnes & Noble CEO with the company facing bankruptcy. At its peak, the company was worth $2.2 billion. In 2019, it sold for just $683 million.
Six years later, Barnes & Noble opened 67 new locations in 2025 and has plans for 60 more in 2026. However, Daunt faced some backlash after his comments in an interview on NBC’s TODAY show.
When asked about artificial intelligence, he said he doesn’t see an issue with selling AI-generated books.
“I have actually no problem selling any book, as long as it doesn’t masquerade or pretend to be something that it isn’t,” Daunt said. “So, as long as an AI-written book says it’s an AI-written book, then we will stock them.”
He added there’s a possibility the company is already selling AI-generated novels.
“We have 300,000 titles across all of our stores,” he said. “Do we think that some of those may be AI? The chances are that they are, but we’re not really conscious of them.”
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In 2020, Jennifer Jimenez began working for Independent Newsmedia, Inc., USA. She began her career as a sports reporter in Peoria and Glendale, covering the very same schools she used to compete at. During this time, she also worked for television news, magazines and sports radio stations.
Community: Jennifer is a member of the Hall of Fame at Peoria High School where she graduated in 2001, alongside her father Joe Hernandez. She serves youth soccer players as a pro-trainer and coach.
Education: Grand Canyon University 2005 B.A. Liberal Arts
Ranom Fact: She has a street named after her in south Peoria “Jennifer Rose Court.”
Hobbies: Country dancing, coaching soccer, teaching private swim lessons and running are things she does for fun.
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