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Apex Magazine Pulls a Story It Only “Suspects” Was Written With AI, and Refuses to Even Check

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Jon Del Arroz
Jul 14, 2026
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Apex Magazine posted a statement this week announcing it had removed a story from Issue 153 over suspicion of AI assistance, and the editors admit in the same statement they have no way to confirm it. The story, “Vigil of the Tenth Air,” is gone from the website. Amended copies of the issue are going out to every subscriber free of charge. Here is the statement in full, as posted by the magazine:

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