AI Steals Identity!

Author Jane Friedman found several new books being sold under her name on Amazon, only she didn't write them — she suspects artificial intelligence did. Amazon removed the books after she alerted the company to the issue.

An author is raising alarms this week after she found new books being sold on Amazon under her name.

Only, she didn’t write them.

They appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence.

Jane Friedman, who has authored multiple books, told CNN that an eagle-eyed reader looking for more of her work bought one of the fake titles on Amazon.

The books had titles similar to the subjects she typically writes about, but the text read as if someone had used a generative AI model to imitate her style.

I’m certain we’ll see more of this.

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