AI lookalike books still game Amazon search, spoofing 'The AGI Chronicles'
kevinroose · x · 2026-10-07
NYT columnist Kevin Roose flags that Amazon remains gamed by print-on-demand slop publishers, long after Kashmir Hill and others exposed the issue. Searching for The AGI Chronicles returns the real book first, followed by an AI-generated lookalike by "K. Rose" — a near-identical title and author name designed to siphon buyers from the original.
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