Google Books is indexing low-quality AI-generated books that appear in search results, affecting the Google Ngram viewer, an important tool used by researchers to track language use through history. may give. From the report: We were able to find AI-generated books using the same method we previously used to find AI-generated Amazon product reviews, papers published in academic journals, and online articles. A Google Books search for the term “latest knowledge update” associated with the ChatGPT-generated answer returns dozens of books containing that phrase. Some of his books on ChatGPT, machine learning, AI, and other related subjects include this phrase because they discuss ChatGPT and its output. These books appear to have been written by humans. However, most of the books on the first eight pages of search results appear to be generated by AI and not about AI.
For example, Bears, Bulls, and Wolves: Stock Trading for the Twenty-year-old by Tristin McIver, published in 2024, is a “transformative journey into the world of stock trading” and “stock trading”. It is touted to be a comprehensive guide designed for beginners who are passionate about trading. Unravel the mysteries of financial markets. ” In reality, the text generated by ChatGPT is a superficial Wikipedia-level analysis of complex financial events, such as Facebook's initial public offering or the 2008 financial crisis, condensed into a few short paragraphs. Masu. […] Other books are produced with versions of ChatGPT that include older “Knowledge Updates” and therefore appear to be uselessly outdated at the time of publication.