"According to Amazon, the feature can currently be found on thousands of English best-selling Kindle titles and "only reveals information up to your current reading position" for spoiler-free responses. To use it, you can highlight a passage in any book you've bought or borrowed and ask it questions about plot, characters or other crucial details, and the AI assistant will offer "immediate, contextual, spoiler-free information." You'll even be able to ask follow-up questions for more detail."
"While Ask this Book may be helpful to some Kindle readers, the feature touches on a major point of contention with authors and publishers. In response to Publishers Lunch, a daily newsletter for the publishing industry, an Amazon spokesperson said that, "To ensure a consistent reading experience, the feature is always on, and there is no option for authors or publishers to opt titles out." Other AI companies are already facing lawsuits claiming copyright infringement."
Amazon's Kindle iOS app now offers Ask this Book, an AI-powered assistant that answers reader questions about plot, characters, and details. The feature appears on thousands of English best-selling Kindle titles and only reveals information up to the user's current reading position to prevent spoilers. Users can highlight passages in purchased or borrowed books and ask follow-up questions for more detail. The feature is always enabled and authors and publishers cannot opt out. Amazon plans to expand Ask this Book to Kindle devices and the Android app next year. Amazon also added Recaps for book series to provide 'Previously on'-style summaries.
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