Amazon Launches AI-Powered 'Ask this Book' Feature for Kindle App
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· 2 sourcesAmazon has launched a new AI feature called "Ask this Book" in the Kindle iOS app, which provides spoiler-free answers to readers' questions about plot details, character relationships, and thematic elements. The Verge reported that the feature limits responses to content from pages already read to avoid spoilers and is currently only available in the US on iOS devices. Hacker News noted that the rollout is controversial because authors cannot opt out of having their books included, raising concerns about copyright and compensation similar to ongoing lawsuits against AI companies.
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Summary
Amazon has launched a new AI feature called 'Ask this Book' in the Kindle app that provides spoiler-free answers to questions about the book users are reading. The feature acts as a reading assistant that can answer questions about plot details, character relationships, and thematic elements while avoiding spoilers by limiting responses to content from pages already read. The feature is currently only available in the US on iOS devices, and authors cannot opt out of having their books included in the service.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledAmazon has launched a new AI feature in the Kindle app that gives spoiler-free answers to questions about the book you're reading
The company calls Ask this Book an 'expert reading assistant' in its announcement
It's capable of answering questions about 'plot details, character relationships, and thematic elements,' all while avoiding spoilers
It's essentially an in-book chatbot, accessible from the book menu or by highlighting a passage of text
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