From the «Bezos will sell anything» department:
Title: ‘Dangerous nonsense’: AI-authored books about ADHD for sale on Amazon
Author: Rachel Hall
Date: Sun, 04 May 2025 14:50:35 +0000
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/04/dangerous-nonsense-ai-authored-books-about-adhd-for-sale-on-amazon
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Experts say online retailer has ethical responsibility to guard against chatbot-generated work on sensitive topics

Amazon is selling books marketed at people seeking techniques to manage their ADHD that claim to offer expert advice yet appear to be authored by a chatbot such as ChatGPT.

Amazon’s marketplace has been deluged with works produced by artificial intelligence that are easy and cheap to publish but include unhelpful or dangerous misinformation, such as shoddy travel guidebooks[1] and mushroom foraging books that encourage risky tasting[2].
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Links:
[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/travel/amazon-guidebooks-artificial-intelligence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare (link)
[2]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/01/mushroom-pickers-urged-to-avoid-foraging-books-on-amazon-that-appear-to-be-written-by-ai (link)
[3]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/04/dangerous-nonsense-ai-authored-books-about-adhd-for-sale-on-amazon (link)

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