Democracy Dies in Darkness

Tech writer Kara Swisher has a new book. Enter the AI-generated scams.

Authors decry an “explosion” of knockoff books on Amazon as the company struggles to keep up.

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“Burn Book,” by longtime Silicon Valley reporter Kara Swisher has inspired several AI knockoffs. (Michael Liedtke/AP)
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Weeks before the release of her new memoir, recalls tech journalist Kara Swisher, her wife noticed something odd as she searched for the book on Amazon. “She was like, ‘What is this picture of you? It’s weird!’,” Swisher said.

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