AI agents keep writing the same story about lighthouse keeper Elias

Cornell University research found that AI agents tasked with writing fiction tend to reproduce the same plot about a lighthouse and a keeper named Elias, pointing to limited diversity in generative storytelling.

• AI agents writing fiction most often pick a plot about a lighthouse and a keeper named Elias
• The finding comes from research at Cornell University
• Repeated plots point to limited diversity in models' generative storytelling