aceIndia's first AI scam: TVK minister jabs DMK over multi-crore Periyar library fraud
Tamil Nadu minister A Rajmohan accused the previous DMK government of irregularities in public library book procurement. The allegations over pricing, authenticity and AI-generated content have intensified the political confrontation between TVK and the DMK. Tamil Nadu School Education Minister A Rajmohan on Saturday accused the previous DMK government of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to generate poor-quality books and carry out large-scale corruption in the procurement of books for the Periyar Ariv
Tamil Nadu's school education minister alleged that thousands of AI-generated books with fabricated authors and factual errors were bought from one publisher for the Periyar library, a claim the DMK rejects.
The claims come from a minister of the current government and are rejected by the DMK, which disputes the purchase timeline and says some books carried library stamps from June 2026; no investigation finding has been reported.
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- JournalismIndia Today2026-11-08
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