Agency stole bestselling author's book, used AI to relaunch as their own
An unauthorized website has scraped the content of John Koenig's 'The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows' and replaced original illustrations with AI-generated images. The site also uses AI to encourage users to generate their own neologisms, raising concerns about intellectual property theft.
Why it matters
This case highlights the growing trend of bad actors using generative AI to clone creative works and monetize them without the original author's consent.
Last week, a MetaFilter member posted a link to what appeared to be a new website for The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows , John Koenig s decade-long project to make a dictionary of made-up words for emotions that we all feel but don’t have the words to express.
The report objectively describes the situation regarding the unauthorized website and the community's reaction.
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