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Amazon removed several books believed to be written using AI and listed them under a real author's name – however it did not do this without a fight.
Professor Jane Friedman [pictured] noticed that books that she didn't write were being attributed to her and contacted Amazon, who told her that it would not remove them. After all, that would require Amazon to check that the books were real before it sold them, and Jeff Bezos was too busy washing his hair.
Amazon removed several books believed to be written using AI and listed them under a real author's name – however it did not do this without a fight.
Professor Jane Friedman [pictured] noticed that books that she didn't write were being attributed to her and contacted Amazon, who told her that it would not remove them. After all, that would require Amazon to check that the books were real before it sold them, and Jeff Bezos was too busy washing his hair.
