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AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library
Librarians say that taxpayers are already paying for low quality AI-generated ebooks in public libraries.
I also found at least one book on Hoopla that elsewhere admitted it was AI-generated: The Unknown Guest, a mystery novel by Rylie Dark, which on the United States Copyright Office is listed as “ text generated by artificial intelligence.” While the term now encompasses what seems like AI-generated content as well, it predates the rise of generative AI, and also refers to the glut of low quality, often self-published ebooks or book “summaries” that are common on Hoopla. This is a request to ask companies that sell materials to the public with taxpayer money to be accountable for what is on their service, and to be transparent,” Jennie Halperin, executive director at Library Futures told me.
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