A Government Technology [GT] article posted on the Internet on August 7, 2023, asks "How did AI [Artificial Intelligence] bots break Amazon?" Its answer: "By flooding the Kindle store with nonsense books" and then continues:
"Perhaps this is how
the robot revolution starts — rather than physically rising up against us, the
bots will just overwhelm the Internet with their own content until there’s
nothing human left on it. That’s what they did in June in Amazon’s Kindle
online bookstore.
"Twitter users reported a barrage of nonsense AI books
topping the platform’s Kindle Unlimited young adult romance bestseller list at
the end of June. “The AI bots have broken Amazon,” tweeted indie author Caitlyn
Lynch. She went on to explain that of the top 100 books on the list, only 19
appeared to be legitimate books written by humans.
"The remaining 81
appear to have been written by AI, with nonsensical titles like Apricot bar
code architecture, Ma La Er snorted scornfully, and Department of Vinh Du
Stands in Front of His Parents’ Tombstone."
Will records and data accessible
via the Internet, government, commercial, personal and otherwise, be compromised
should they become the next target of unauthorized AI intrusions?
GT then ponders: "Are You a Real Person? Proving You're Human Online". It notes that "CAPTCHA s have been around for decades, but new AI advances are changing the methods required to prove you are a real person. So where next with human verification — and user frustrations? READ MORE".
GT also noted that "Feds Announce Massive K-12 Cybersecurity Resilience Program", observing that "Cybersecurity is widely regarded as the No. 1 technology issue for schools, so the White House and U.S. Department of Education have unveiled a public information campaign, grants and ed-tech partnerships to tackle it head-on." READ MORE