AI's Unauthorized Books: A Threat to Authors on Amazon

An author, Jane Friedman, discovered that books were being sold on Amazon under her name that she didn't write, and they appeared to be generated by artificial intelligence (AI). With AI tools like ChatGPT now able to produce convincing text, concerns have been raised about losing work to AI and the unauthorized use of authors' work to train AI models. The Authors Guild has called for legislation to protect writers from AI and for AI companies to obtain consent from authors and compensate them fairly. Amazon removed the fake books and is investigating the issue, while Goodreads also removed the books from Friedman's profile. The Authors Guild is working with Amazon to address the issue and hopes for opt-out options for authors and transparent labeling of artificially generated text.