Google Books Appears to Be Indexing Works Written by AI

April 4, 2024

Google Books is indexing low-quality, AI-generated books, which not only degrades its database but also potentially distorts the analysis of language trends through Google Ngram Viewer. The integration of inaccurate or misleading information undermines trust, disseminates poor-quality content, and wastes resources as researchers must spend time correcting this misinformation.

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Alleged deployer: google, google-books
Alleged developer: google
Alleged harmed parties: google-books, google-ngram-viewer, researchers, general-public

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