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Authors report AI used to fake book reviews and praise

Authors are reporting that individuals are using AI to generate emails that praise their books, with the AI even including specific details to simulate genuine engagement. This practice is being described as a scam, as the AI is performing the "reading" and generating the compliments without any human author having actually read the book. AI

RANK_REASON This is a social media post about a perceived scam involving AI, not a significant industry event or release.

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    In their emails they would lavish compliments on my book, gushing about how wonderful my book was, including descriptive information about the book (to make it

    In their emails they would lavish compliments on my book, gushing about how wonderful my book was, including descriptive information about the book (to make it seem like they had actually read it). But only AI had don the actual "reading." Read more 👉 https:// lttr.ai/Ar02x # Aut…