{"slug": "ai-fakes-a-growing-problem-on-apple-books-some-written-in-a-few-hours", "title": "AI fakes a growing problem on Apple Books, some ‘written’ in a few hours", "summary": "Apple Books is facing a growing problem with AI-generated fake books, some written in just a few hours, as tech writer Joanna Stern discovered 10 fake versions of her book *I Am Not a Robot* on the platform within days of its publication. New York Times journalist Kashmir Hill also found a fake AI-written biography of herself on Amazon, part of thousands of similar listings.", "body_md": "Tech writer Joanna Stern wrote last month about discovering 10 fake versions of her book *I Am Not a Robot* on [Apple Books](https://9to5mac.com/guides/apple-books/) within days of the real thing being published. While she was able to get these removed, new ones quickly appeared.\n\nNew York Times journalist Kashmir Hill found a fake biography of herself on Amazon, and discovered this was one of thousands of [AI](https://9to5mac.com/guides/artificial-intelligence/)-written biographies available on sale …", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-fakes-a-growing-problem-on-apple-books-some-written-in-a-few-hours", "canonical_source": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/20/ai-fakes-a-growing-problem-on-apple-books-some-written-in-a-few-hours/", "published_at": "2026-07-20 11:09:53+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-20 13:23:01.490809+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Apple Books", "Joanna Stern", "Kashmir Hill", "Amazon", "I Am Not a Robot"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-fakes-a-growing-problem-on-apple-books-some-written-in-a-few-hours", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-fakes-a-growing-problem-on-apple-books-some-written-in-a-few-hours.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-fakes-a-growing-problem-on-apple-books-some-written-in-a-few-hours.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-fakes-a-growing-problem-on-apple-books-some-written-in-a-few-hours.jsonld"}}