AI-Generated Mushroom Foraging Books Are Sending People to the ER. Amazon Is Full of Them.
Throughout 2023–2024 dozens of foraging guides — some with AI-generated author names, many with Midjourney covers and ChatGPT-written content — flooded Amazon. Mycological societies in the UK, NY, and Australia warned that the books confidently misidentify deadly species like the death cap as edible. At least several hospitalizations have been linked. Amazon keeps relisting them.
Throughout 2023–2024 dozens of foraging guides — some with AI-generated author names, many with Midjourney covers and ChatGPT-written content — flooded Amazon. Mycological societies in the UK, NY, and Australia warned that the books confidently misidentify deadly species like the death cap as edible. At least several hospitalizations have been linked. Amazon keeps relisting them.
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