Clarkesworld, a US magazine that publishes science fiction and fantasy stories, experienced a surge in plagiarism cases in the first half of February 2021. The publication had to close the reception of new works due to the high number of illegitimate manuscripts. The plagiarism cases were tiny compared to the hundreds of works created by AI platforms such as ChatGPT and ChatSonic. June 2020 was the month with the highest number of plagiarism cases.
