The Surge of Slop—since the release of ChatGPT-3.5 in late 2022, the number of e-books published on Amazon has skyrocketed, tripling by late 2025. A new scientific analysis shows that this is entirely due to the rise of AI-generated books, which now far outnumber human-written books. [The Economist]
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A new scientific analysis reveals that the explosion of e-books on Amazon since late 2022 is entirely driven by AI-generated content, which now vastly outnumbers human-written books.
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