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ICYMI: AI-Generated Books are Tarnishing Authors’ Reputations

2023/9/16
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On today’s episode, Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim are joined by Jane Friedman), author of The Business of Being a Writer )and the publisher of Hot Sheet), a newsletter about the publishing industry. The three discuss Friedman’s recent battle with AI-generated books that were being published and sold under her name on Amazon. Friedman published a blog about the saga titled “I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon are Becoming Dumpster Fires))” detailing the dangers that the increasingly prolific practice presents to authors and the publishing industry at large.

This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton.

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