In a recent press release, Amazon noted that some new features were coming to Kindle. We’re adding new AI-powered reading features that preserve the magic of reading on Kindle. Story So Far lets you catch up on the book you’re reading—but only up to where you’ve read without any spoilers. For our endlessly curious readers,Read More

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.jtworld.xyz/post/35542

Seen this the other day on Mastodon. So much for selling one’s books on the last online bookstore that actually moves copies for a change.

  • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Why they push AI so much where it’s not needed.

    Because they “need” to intrude on every second of everyone’s life in order to increase their profits.

    How those profits will increase is probably by shoving more advertising down your throat once their “advanced technology” has been inextricably entwined into everything.