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The Guardian — Technology · September 14, 2026

Jack Thorne warns some fellow scriptwriters are using AI ‘to cheat’

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Replacing human writing endeavour by generating scripts from prompts

Jack Thorne, president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, warned that some scriptwriters are secretly using AI to replace creative labour, calling for industry sanctions and legislation that treats undeclared AI text generation as fraud. He argued that writers who cheat undermine the profession and provide studios and publishers an excuse to exploit content, even as governments fail to protect artistic copyright from mass AI scraping.

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Students can debate Thorne's distinction between using AI as an assistive tool for layout or discussion versus using prompts as an illicit substitute for writing endeavour, examining where creative authorship ends and professional fraud begins.

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