AI-generated books force Amazon to cap ebook publications to 3 per day

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On Monday, Amazon introduced a new policy that limits Kindle authors from self-publishing more than three books per day on its platform, reports The Guardian.

Since the launch of ChatGPT, an AI assistant that can compose text in almost any style, some news outlets have reported a marked increase in AI-authored books, including some that seek to fool others by using established author names.

"While we have not seen a spike in our publishing numbers," they write, "in order to help protect against abuse, we are lowering the volume limits we have in place on new title creations."

The news comes on the heels of another rule from Amazon announced in early September that requires authors to inform the company if their material is AI-generated.

The Guardian notes that these changes follow some high-profile incidents where books suspected to be AI-generated were removed from Amazon's site.

The Guardian quotes Dr. Miriam Johnson, a senior lecturer in publishing at Oxford Brookes University, as saying that the three-book limit would probably not be a "gamechanger for managing the influx of AI-written content" because those flooding Amazon with AI-generated books will likely find workarounds.

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Very good measure there Amazon, you don't want to go overboard and forget about the honest self-publishing authors who write three books a day.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
On Monday, Amazon introduced a new policy that limits Kindle authors from self-publishing more than three books per day on its platform, reports The Guardian.
Since the launch of ChatGPT, an AI assistant that can compose text in almost any style, some news outlets have reported a marked increase in AI-authored books, including some that seek to fool others by using established author names.
"While we have not seen a spike in our publishing numbers," they write, "in order to help protect against abuse, we are lowering the volume limits we have in place on new title creations."
The news comes on the heels of another rule from Amazon announced in early September that requires authors to inform the company if their material is AI-generated.
The Guardian notes that these changes follow some high-profile incidents where books suspected to be AI-generated were removed from Amazon's site.
The Guardian quotes Dr. Miriam Johnson, a senior lecturer in publishing at Oxford Brookes University, as saying that the three-book limit would probably not be a "gamechanger for managing the influx of AI-written content" because those flooding Amazon with AI-generated books will likely find workarounds.
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