The AI Behavior Index is the research arm of OneChat AI. This page focuses on AI applied to fiction (novels, short stories) and poetry — distinct from technical or business writing. It draws primarily on the Authors Guild's 2025 writer attitudes survey, the most authoritative recent data source on AI use among published writers, supplemented by Publishers Weekly industry tracking and community case studies.
Two caveats. First, "use AI in some part of the creative process" is a broad threshold — it includes writers who use AI only for marketing copy, blurbs, or research, not just direct prose generation. Direct prose generation remains a small share of total AI use. Second, vendor-published figures (e.g., Sudowrite's "67% of novelists use AI") tend to be higher than independent Authors Guild data and should be treated with caution; this page uses Authors Guild's 45% as the more defensible figure. Data is refreshed when major surveys publish. If you have a study to suggest or notice an error, contact us at research@aibehaviorindex.org.