AI errors, inflated prices: Tamil Nadu govt orders probe into Periyar library books
India Today · Anagha, Pramod Madhav ·
The controversy comes weeks after the opening of Periyar Arivulagam or Periyar Knowledge World a library and science centre named after social reformer Periyar EV Ramasamy
The controversy comes weeks after the opening of Periyar Arivulagam, or Periyar Knowledge World, a library and science centre named after social reformer Periyar EV Ramasamy.
A Tamil classic described as a “poet and philosopher”. A book crediting MK Stalin with government schemes from the years when his father was chief minister. These are among the alleged errors in books purchased for Coimbatore’s Periyar Arivulagam library, where questions over content and prices have led to a government inquiry.
Writer Perumal Murugan flagged factual inaccuracies, suspected AI-generated content and inflated prices. Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay accused the previous DMK government of corruption, while the party defended the procurement process as transparent.
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