Google Books has been reported to be indexing AI-generated content, which is being described as low quality or 'garbage'. This influx of AI-generated material is not only compromising the integrity of Google Books itself but is also posing a threat to the Google Ngram Viewer, a crucial research tool used by academics to study trends in language and culture over time. The issue has raised concerns among users and researchers about the potential for these tools to become 'completely unusable' for serious research. Coverage by @emanuelmaiberg, @samleecole, @jason_koebler, @Techmeme (404 Media), @SlashdotMedia, and @TheFryAI has highlighted the severity of the situation.
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➡️ Indexing mishap! Google Books reportedly includes AI-generated content that is considered garbage. https://t.co/1vLNdY4zh9
Google Books Is Indexing AI-Generated Garbage https://t.co/y4AXW2F1ZX
Google Books is indexing low quality, AI-generated books, which may impact Google Ngram viewer, an important tool used by researchers to track language use (@emanuelmaiberg / 404 Media) https://t.co/FQoB0QZjjt 📫 Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/5nMIpGZeZ6
Google Books is full of AI-generated garbage. This is bad for a variety of reasons. One of them is that Google Books ultimately feeds into NGram Viewer, which is a tool academics use to do research on human culture and language https://t.co/9nckGnuXPI https://t.co/Fi9oZT2Omd
Google Books is indexing AI-generated garbage, which is bad enough on its own, but could mess with Google Ngram viewer also https://t.co/ivZz8Cstym
AI generated books, indexed by Google, threaten to render research tools "completely unusable" https://t.co/tv4MNYC5vd