Libby will filter out AI content, kind of
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. "AI is the new frontier for us," says Marc DeBevoise, who took over as the new CEO of OverDrive last week. OverDrive is best known for the ebook lending app Libby that is available through tens of thousands of public libraries. Like the rest of the digital publishing industry, it's poised to face massive disruption
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Libby, an ebook-lending app used by tens of thousands of public libraries, is introducing filters that let readers choose whether to see AI-generated content, including AI-authored books, AI-narrated audiobooks, machine translations, and AI-generated art. The filters will depend on content creators voluntarily labeling their work as AI-generated. The move comes as the digital publishing industry faces disruption from a wave of AI-generated books, while the app's leadership argues that AI can provide benefits in areas like content recommendations and localization, though the company previously faced backlash when it introduced some AI features for book discovery.
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