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A Book App Used AI to ‘Roast’ Its Users. It Went Anti-Woke Instead
One year-end summary from Fable, a social app where people share what books the read, told the user “Don’t forget to surface for the occasional white author, OK?”
Ever since the debut of Spotify Wrapped, annual recap features have become ubiquitous across the internet, providing users a rundown of how many books and news articles they read, songs they listened to, and workouts they completed. Fable hopped on the trend by using OpenAI’s API to generate summaries of the past 12 months of their reading habits for its users, but it didn’t expect that the AI model would spit out commentary that took on the mien of an anti-woke pundit. Kimberly Marsh Allee, Fable’s head of community, told WIRED the company is working on a series of changes to improve its AI summaries, including an opt-out option for people who don’t want them and clearer disclosures indicating that they’re AI-generated.
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