Authors push back on the growing number of AI ‘scam’ books on Amazon

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Amazon.com started requiring writers who want to sell books through its e-book program to tell the company in advance whether their work includes material generated by artificial intelligence. Matt Slocum/AP

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When the super-influential tech journalist Kara Swisher came out with her new book, Burn Book, there were reports of seemingly artificial intelligence-generated biographies of her suddenly coming up on Amazon. Swisher promptly responded, telling The New York Times’ Hard Fork podcast, “I sent [Amazon CEO] Andy Jassy a note and said, ‘What the f***?’ You’re costing me money,” Swisher

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