Author Jane Friedman has discovered books falsely attributed to her on Amazon, likely generated by AI. Despite reporting the issue, Amazon refused to remove the books as Friedman does not hold a trademark to her name. This incident highlights the growing issue of AI-generated publications on the platform. Friedman has called on Amazon and Goodreads to create a system to verify authorship and block fraudulent books. The fake books are now listed as “temporarily out of stock” on Amazon.