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In recent times, a concerning trend has emerged within the realm of digital literature: the proliferation of low-quality, AI-generated books finding their way into the vast repository of Google Books. This phenomenon not only poses a challenge to the integrity of search results but also raises significant questions regarding the reliability of tools like Google Ngram Viewer, which researchers heavily rely upon to trace the evolution of language usage over time.
The discovery of these AI-generated books parallels previous findings in other domains, such as Amazon product reviews and academic papers, underscoring the pervasive nature of the issue. By employing a familiar method used to identify AI-generated content, one researcher stumbled upon numerous books within Google Books containing telltale phrases associated with AI-generated responses, notably “As of my last knowledge update.”
While some of these books ostensibly discuss topics related to AI, machine learning, and ChatGPT itsel…