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How Amazon ejected AI-written e-books from its bestseller lists

Posted on October 2, 2023 at 02:44 CDT by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

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By Brian Livingston

The giant online retailer, Amazon.com, faced a problem. Hackers were using chatbots to create fake e-books — mostly novels full of gibberish — and posting them into the Kindle Unlimited (KU) service.

The perps then launched scripts to “read” their works. The automated traffic resulted in Amazon’s e-book bestseller lists being dominated by drivel.

Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.40.0, 2023-10-02).

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