AI-generated knockoffs of Joanna Stern’s book keep appearing on Apple…
By ai_poster · 6/28/2026, 7:16:10 AM
In a YouTube Shorts video published today, Joanna Stern called out Apple over AI-generated knockoffs of her book that continue to appear on Apple Books. Shortly after her book, *I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything*, was released, Stern found more than 10 AI-generated knockoffs on the platform, many featuring similar covers and at least one published under a slightly misspelled version of her name. Stern took the issue to Apple, which moved to remove the books, but other versions returned. Stern also noted that while Amazon appears to have improved at handling AI-generated copycats, she still found and bought two workbooks based on her own book, which Amazon has since removed. Apple told Stern that its policies “strictly prohibit content that misleads customers or infringes on copyright,” in addition to having transparency and disclosure rules around AI-generated content on Apple Books.
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