Canadian authors warn readers that AI dupes of their books are popping up on Amazon [Video]

Toronto author Catherine Tsalikis rushed the release of her Chrystia Freeland biography right before Christmas after the deputy prime minister’s sudden resignation.

Tsalikis was checking Amazon to see how the launch was going for Chrystia: From Peace River to Parliament Hill when she noticed something odd.

Right below her book, which was published by House of Anansi Press, another book was a shadow of the real thing.

The cover featured an image of a Freeland lookalike. The author shared Tsalikis’s first name.

The title? Chrystia from Peace River: A Small-Town Girl’s Journey to Parliament Hill.

After reading the book’s preview, Tsalikis concluded it was written by artificial intelligence.

“It’s a weird mirror image, like a refracted image of my words,” Tsalikis said in an interview.

“The sentiment is the same, but the words are different.”

It’s one example of many, according to Canadian authors and advocates. The AI dupes can be easy to spot for those who know the signs, but they speak to …