\n \n An author is raising alarms this week after she found new books being sold on Amazon under her name \u2014 only she didn\u2019t write them; they appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence.\n <\/p>\n \n Jane Friedman, who has authored multiple books and consulted about working in the writing and publishing industry, 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.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cWhen I started looking at these books, looking at the opening pages, looking at the bio, it was just obvious to me that it had been mostly, if not entirely, AI-generated \u2026 I have so much content available online for free, because I\u2019ve been blogging forever, so it wouldn\u2019t be hard to get an AI to mimic me\u201d Friedman said.\n <\/p>\n \n With AI tools like ChatGPT now able to rapidly and cheaply pump out huge volumes of convincing text, some writers and authors have raised alarms about losing work to the new technology. Others have said they don\u2019t want their work being used to train AI models, which could then be used to imitate them.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cGenerative AI is being used to replace writers \u2014 taking their work without permission, incorporating those works into the fabric of those AI models and then offering those AI models to the public, to other companies, to use to replace writers,\u201d Mary Rasenberger, CEO of the nonprofit authors advocacy group the Authors Guild, told CNN. \u201cSo you can imagine writers are a little upset about that.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Last month, US lawmakers met with members of creative industries, including the Authors Guild, to discuss the implications of artificial intelligence. In a Senate subcommittee hearing, Rasenberger called for the creation of legislation to protect writers from AI, including rules that would require AI companies to be transparent about how they train their models. More than 10,000 authors \u2014 including James Patterson, Roxane Gay and Margaret Atwood \u2014 also signed an open letter calling on AI industry leaders like Microsoft and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI to obtain consent from authors when using their work to train AI models, and to compensate them fairly when they do.\n <\/p>\n \n Friedman on Monday posted a well-read thread on X, formerly known as Twitter, and a blog post about the issue. Several authors responded saying they\u2019d had similar experiences.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cPeople keep telling me they bought my newest book \u2014 that has my name on it but I didn\u2019t write,\u201d one author said in response.\n <\/p>\n \n Amazon removed the fake books being sold under Friedman\u2019s name and said its policies prohibit such imitation.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cWe have clear content guidelines governing which books can be listed for sale and promptly investigate any book when a concern is raised,\u201d Amazon spokesperson Ashley Vanicek said in a statement, adding that the company accepts author feedback about potential issues. \u201cWe invest heavily to provide a trustworthy shopping experience and protect customers and authors from misuse of our service.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Amazon also told Friedman that it is \u201cinvestigating what happened with the handling of your claims to drive improvements to our processes,\u201d according to an email viewed by CNN.\n <\/p>\n \n The fake books using Friedman\u2019s name were also added to her profile on the literary social network Goodreads, and removed only after she publicized the issue.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cWe have clear guidelines on which books are included on Goodreads and will quickly investigate when a concern is raised, removing books when we need to,\u201d Goodreads spokesperson Suzanne Skyvara said in a statement to CNN.\n <\/p>\n \n Friedman said she worries that authors will be stuck playing whack-a-mole to identify AI generated fakes.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cWhat\u2019s frightening is that this can happen to anyone with a name that has reputation, status, demand that someone sees a way to profit off of,\u201d she said.\n <\/p>\n \n The Authors Guild has been working with Amazon since this past winter to address the issue of books written by AI, Rasenberger said.\n <\/p>\n \n She said the company has been responsive when the Authors Guild flags fake books on behalf of authors, but it can be a tricky issue to spot given that it\u2019s possible for two legitimate authors to have the same name.\n <\/p>\n \n The group is also hoping AI companies will agree to allow authors to opt out of having their work used to train AI models \u2014 so it\u2019s harder to create copycats \u2014 and to find ways to transparently label artificially generated text. And, she said, companies and publishers should continue investing in creative work made by humans, even if AI appears more convenient.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cUsing AI to generate content is so easy, it\u2019s so cheap, that I do worry there\u2019s going to be this kind of downward competition to use AI to replace human creators,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd you will never get the same quality with AI as human creators.\u201d\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n #author #writing #unauthorized #books #sold #Amazon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New York CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 An author is raising alarms this week after she found new books being sold on Amazon under her name \u2014 only she didn\u2019t write them; they appear to have been generated by artificial intelligence. 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