# Margaret Atwood says the problem with AI is ‘garbage in, garbage out’

> Maraget Atwood, the storied author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Blind Assassin, was interviewed as part of the Babell Literary and Cultural Festival in Porto, Portugal.

- **Source:** [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/958715/margaret-atwood-ai-problem-garbage-in-garbage-out?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a402c8ad2e4a413fa9a338b)
- **Published:** 2026-06-27
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #claude #anthropic #ai
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