Description: Google Books is indexing low-quality, AI-generated books, degrading its database and potentially distorting Google Ngram Viewer's analysis of language trends. This integration of inaccurate or misleading information undermines trust, disseminates poor-quality content, and wastes resources as researchers must spend time clearing up the misinformation.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Google developed an AI system deployed by Google and Google Books, which harmed Google Books , Google Ngram Viewer , Researchers and General public.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
684
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2024-04-04
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
theverge.com · 2024
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Google Books, which indexes published material and has become essential for academics, has begun indexing low-quality books, which could impact how it informs its language tracking tool, Ngram.
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