WordPress search posts by author name with autocomplete

The WP_User_Query uses the parameter search rather than s
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_user_query/#search-parameters

So try this instead

$args = array (
    'role'           => 'author',
    'search' => esc_attr( $_POST['keyword'] ),
);

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