Fable, a popular social media app that describes itself as a haven for “bookworms and watchers,” has created an AI-powered year-end summary feature that lists what users are reading in 2024. It’s meant to be fun and entertaining, but some recaps took on a strange combative tone. Summary writer Danny Groves, for example, questions whether he’s “ever in the mood for a straight white guy’s perspective” after labeling him a “diversity worshiper.” “Don’t forget to show up for a white author sometimes, okay?” The summary reads as shown on the 2024 statistics page of the Fable app. Courtesy of Tiana TrammellTrammell was flabbergasted, and she soon realized she was not alone after sharing her experience with the Fable summary on Thread. “I received many messages,” he said, from people who did not comment on “disability and sexual orientation”. are listened to, and the exercise is done. Some companies are now using AI to generate or improve these metrics. Spotify, for example, now offers an AI-generated podcast where a robot analyzes your listening history and makes guesses about your life trend by using the OpenAI API to create an overview of the reading habits of the last 12 months for users, but do not expect that the AI model will provide comments that take the comments of anti-woke experts. .Fable later apologized on several social media channels, including Threads and Instagram, where he posted a video of the executive issuing a mea culpa. “We are deeply sorry for the hurt caused by some of the Reader Summaries this week,” wrote the company in the caption. “We will do better.” Kimberly Marsh Allee, Fable’s head of community, told WIRED that the company is working on a number of changes to improve its AI overview, including an opt-out option for people who don’t want it and clearer disclosures. showing that he was created by AI. “Now, we have removed the part of the model that makes reading enjoyable, and the model only summarizes the user’s sense of the book,” he said. For some users, adjusting the AI does not seem like a sufficient response. . Fantasy and romance author AR Kaufer was shocked when he saw pictures of some of the briefs on social media. “They need to say that they have removed AI completely. And they need to issue a statement, not only about AI, but with an apology to those affected,” Kaufer said. The “apology” on Threads seems insincere, calling the app ‘playful’ as if there was an excuse for a racist/sexist/able quote. In response to the incident, Kaufer decided to delete her Fable account. So did Trammell. “The appropriate course of action is to disable the feature and conduct rigorous internal testing, incorporating newly implemented protections to ensure, to the best of our ability, that no other users of the platform are harmed,” he said.
