Amazon sells fake AI Jane Friedman books

US-based author Jane Friedman discovered five fake books being sold under her name on Amazon, resulting in an outcry.

In a blog post titled 'I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires)', Friedman said she suspected five books published under her name on Amazon and its Goodreads subsidiary had been generated using ChatGPT or a similar AI system. 

The post triggered a wave of complaints and negative media coverage accusing the technology company of poor content moderation and tone-deaf customer relations.

Amazon had refused to remove the books after Friedman submitted a complaint on the basis that she did not hold a trademark to her name.

The technology company finally relented several hours after she had posted her take on the situtation online.