Globally, authors are expressing concerns about the partial plagiarism and duplication of their books and writing pieces.
Rory Cellan-Jones, a writer and journalist, was surprised to find a memoir he had co-authored listed on Amazon under a different cover and author.
It’s not just isolated incidents. On a single day, fifteen AI-generated books were published on Amazon under the pseudonym ‘Steven Walryn’.
While Amazon took action by removing them months later, the rapid publication rate indicates how AI tools can be exploited to flood the market.
The controversy has caught the attention of famous authors such as Margaret Atwood, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Philip Pullman.
Their primary concern lies in the possibility of their literary works being used without permission to train AI models, a clear infringement on intellectual property rights.
Amazon claims to invest considerably in enforcing their content guidelines and has stated that while AI-generated content is allowed, it must adhere to their standards.
The primary focus is on ensuring a quality customer experience, which many of these AI-generated books fail to provide.