Today, Explained

Amazon’s garbage book factory

Today, Explained ›

25:36 | May 17th, 2024

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Vox senior correspondent Constance Grady went inside the seedy underbelly of online self-publishing and lived to tell the tale. This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn with help from Peter Balono...Show More



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mm recommended:May 22nd, 2024

AI has created an entire farm industry on garbage books

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emmaz123 recommended:May 21st, 2024

I never actually put much thought into who was making these junk AI books. It sounds like a new MLM.

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mmMay 22nd, 2024

@emmaz123 The MLM part was the kicker!

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