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by m463 1049 days ago
There are a ton of AI-generated or maybe copy/paste books on amazon now.

I was thinking thinking about buying a breville air fryer pro. Wow, it seemed it was such a good oven, there were cookbooks specifically for this model!

...and then I realized that not only were the books copy/pasted or ai-generated, but so were all the reviews. They were even submitted, all of them, 5-star, the same day.

I complained and amazon said the reviews were legitimate. They also said they couldn't take any action because I hadn't bought the book. So I bought it, complained, and returned it and then they looked at it.

If you are interested, here's a similar book for a different brand air fryer that hasn't been complained about.

There are a LOT of 5-star reviews May 31st:

https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B0C6C315SN/