"When German journalist Martin Bernklau typed his name and location into Microsoft’s Copilot to see how his articles would be picked up by the chatbot, the answers horrified him.
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"When German journalist Martin Bernklau typed his name and location into Microsoft’s Copilot to see how his articles would be picked up by the chatbot, the answers horrified him.
Copilot’s results asserted that Bernklau was an escapee from a psychiatric institution, a convicted child abuser, and a conman preying on widowers. For years, Bernklau had served as a courts reporter .."
A courts reporter wrote about a few trials. Then an AI decided he was actually the culprit.
For one German reporter, the statistical underpinnings of a large language model meant his many bylines were wrongly warped into a lengthy rap sheet.
Nieman Lab (www.niemanlab.org)
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@mistakenotmy 1/2 It reminds me of the fake-biographies on Amazon, written by LLMs. With a big launch of a new book, scam companies sell a "biography" about the author, full of false allegations. It's more dangerous than fake books under real authors' names: https://rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/the-fake-biography-scam
Some more articles:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13851421/Amazon-Waterstones-banned-bot-generated-biographies-Jenny-Eclair-Andrew-Pierce-Artificial-AI.htmlNYT Investigates Fake Biographies with GPTZero's AI Detector
The NYT recently identified fake, AI-written biographies appearing on Amazon. Learn how GPTZero's AI detector was used in this investigation.
AI Detection Resources | GPTZero (gptzero.me)
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@mistakenotmy And here some articles about fake books under real names. The problem is that authors are nearly helpless to fine someone - and Amazon makes profit with that crap.
Fake Books on Amazon Drive Authors to Shield Their Names From AI
Authors suspect generative AI is behind a wave of fake titles being listed under their names on booksellers like Amazon and Goodreads, and they’re turning to new approaches to intellectual property to combat the fraudsters.
(news.bloomberglaw.com)
AI Gone Wild: Fake Books Sold on Amazon
Generative AI has been a wildly innovative tool, but like all tools, it's something used nefariously. Case in point: fake books.
Bold Business (www.boldbusiness.com)
Scammy AI-Generated Book Rewrites Are Flooding Amazon
Authors keep finding what appear to be AI-generated imitations and summaries of their books on Amazon. There's little they can do to rein in the rip-offs.
WIRED (www.wired.com)
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