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Amazon’s AI-written mushroom foraging books could be ‘life or death’

AI mushroom foraging books

AI-produced books flood Amazon, raising concerns for experts about accuracy and safety in wild mushroom foraging guides.

Book reviews: erosion of trust due to AI, bombing and misrepresentation

Book review image compilation of black and white Jordan Peterson image, robot hand touching a human hand, red Facebook unlike button, one star review with note pad and pencil as well as words "gross misrepresentation", "horrifying" and "bonkers"

With AI-related book reviews on the rise, misleading quotes being used on covers, and one-star reviews, there is a growing search for trust.

Praise for MPs’ bid to protect songs and books from AI mining

Abandon AI copyright exemption to protect UK creative industries, MPs say. Robot in front of scraps of text from book, large copyright symbol in green and vector image of books

Various segments of the arts industries welcomed proposals by MPs to abandon AI copyright exemption to protect UK creative services.

Authors’ pirated books used to train Generative AI

Stephen King and Zadie Smith are among a number of authors whose pirated books are reportedly being used to train generative AI models.

Stephen King and Zadie Smith are among a number of authors whose pirated books are reportedly being used to train generative AI models.

Amazon halts AI-generated books impersonating author Jane Friedman

Amazon AI books, robot in front of purple silhouette of face with Amazon logo and glitchy bookshelf

Author Jane Friedman may have won the battle against AI-generated books on Amazon, but it’s far from over.

Prosecraft AI takes down site after being accused of using authors’ works

Prosecraft accused of copyright infringement by authors. Stack of books behind grey, red and white Prosecraft sign with AI blue tech background

Prosecraft is accused of stealing copyright from authors using AI-powered writing tools with a notable writer claiming it was “gaslighting”.

BookTok: please don’t let TikTok publishing lower the bar

TikTok publishing

TikTok parent company ByteDance is worryingly trying to branch out into the publishing world following the success of BookTok.

AI open letter: authors including Margaret Atwood urge companies to honour copyright

AI open letter

Thousands of authors have signed an AI open letter set up by The Authors Guild, demanding their work is protected from copyright breaches.

She’s In CTRL author Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon: women erased in tech

She's in CTRL author Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon

She’s In CTRL author Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon talks about how women in STEM have been erased from history and discussions.

Cobalt Red book: the brutal cost to Congo for our devices – review

Cobalt Red book

Siddharth Kara’s powerful book Cobalt Red is a reminder that there is a cost to technological advancement which has been hidden.

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