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Apple Books and Amazon Are Lousy With AI-Generated Books Ripping Off Legitimate Authors

AI-generated books mimicking successful authors have appeared on platforms like Apple Books and Amazon. Joanna Stern discovered multiple AI knockoffs of her ebook, "I Am Not A Robot," with similar titles and covers. These counterfeits, priced around $9.99 to $20.99, were initially removed by Apple but reappeared shortly after. Other authors, including Lena Dunham and Haley Sacks, have also experienced similar issues with AI-generated copies of their works. Kashmir Hill found a biography of herself on Amazon, titled "The Biography of Kashmir Hill," released with a generic cover. This AI-generated biography compiled publicly available information with fabricated details about her life. The book, longer than it needed to be, included oddly specific yet inaccurate personal anecdotes. The trend extends beyond ebooks, with print editions of these AI-generated books also being produced. This phenomenon highlights the challenges authors face with AI's potential for unauthorized creation and dissemination of content. The ease and low cost of AI generation are contributing to this widespread problem.