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Scammy AI-Generated Books Are Flooding Amazon
Jan 15, 2024
This podcast discusses the problem of AI-generated books flooding Amazon, with authors finding imitations and summaries of their books on the platform. It explores the negative impact on readers and the challenges of confusing book summaries. The issue of scammy AI-generated books is also explored, with concerns raised about the lack of sensitivity and inaccuracies in these summaries and the debate over their legality.
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- AI-generated imitation books are flooding Amazon, causing frustration for authors and misleading customers.
- AI-generated summaries of popular non-fiction books are increasing on Amazon, despite efforts to limit the number of uploads per author.
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Scammy AI-Generated Books on Amazon
AI-generated imitation books are flooding Amazon, causing frustration for authors and misleading customers. AI researcher Melanie Mitchell discovered an AI-generated knockoff of her book, which led to the exposure of numerous low-quality AI-generated e-books on the platform. Deep fake detection startup Reality Defender confirmed that these books were 99% likely AI-generated. Not only is this deceiving customers, but it also raises legal concerns for authors who have limited recourse to protect their work.
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