Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI

Fully AI-written books should be labelled as such, the Publishers Association says. Photograph: Kilito Chan/Getty Images

With gingko “memory-boost tinctures”, fennel “tummy-soothing syrups” and “citrus-immune gummies,” AI “slop” has come for herbalism, a study published by a leading AI-detection company has found.

Originality.ai, which offers its tools to universities and businesses, says it scanned 558 titles published in Amazon’s herbal remedies subcategory between January and September this year, and found 82% of the books “were likely written” by AI.