Are we supposed to be impressed by AI? It’s still so dumb
AI-powered scam emails target authors with flattery about their books, according to columnist Richard Glover writing July 17. The messages praise works at excessive length before pitching literary promotion services. Glover received an email praising a book attributed to a British poet who died in 1785, revealing the technology's fundamental inability to verify basic facts about targets.
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Published 17 Jul 2026, 09:23 UTC · Updated 17 Jul 2026, 09:30 UTC
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