Kobo sends out a notice to authors about adding LLM/AI to help with discoverability and Metadata accuracy
cross-posted from: https://literature.cafe/post/20608258
Last night the Kobo CEO had a longer thread on Bluesky talking about how, when, and where they are using AI and what type of AI they are using.
Short version is that they are against using Generative AI that is trained on authors content without their expressed and explicit consent. But have used small models that help with proper metadata, flag explicit material for proper review, look for malicious duplication or auto-generated AI modifications of existing books or scraped websites.
They also reposted it to their writinglife blog.
https://kobowritinglife.com/2025/05/29/ai-and-accessibility-at-kobo/Open linkView original on literature.cafe
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Still better than a nook and maybe better than a Kindle, I don't have first hand experience.
Seems pretty tame, and if it gets me more books to read in the veins that I like then I'm at least interested to see it in action.
This is why I don't mind having an old device, even if it's not crispy-clean or in color.
I don't really see the connection. Kobo is using machine learning to automate certain work on their backend. How would that affect modern e-readers?