Amazon: If AI wrote a book, publishers must disclose that

Amazon has made a rule update in response to last month's AI-generated-book brouhaha.

When an author in the Kindle Direct Publishing program publishes a new book or edits/republishes an existing one, they will have to state whether their content is AI-generated.

The Guardian reports that this move was announced Wednesday on the company's KDP forum, along with definitions of what is AI-generated versus AI-assisted.

The latter does not have to be disclosed to Amazon, and it's not clear what actions Amazon takes in the event that an author describes a book as AI-generated.

Last month, well-known author and publishing expert Jane Friedman raised a public ruckus after Amazon initially refused to pull down books that credited her as the writer but were, she believed, created by AI tools.

Amazon did ultimately remove the books.