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110 A Book App Used AI to 'Roast' Its Users. It Went Anti-Woke Instead

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Kate Knibbs @ Wired · 01/03/2025 15:01 EDT

A Book App Used AI to 'Roast' Its Users. It Went Anti-Woke Instead

One year-end summary from Fable, a social app where people share what books the read, told the user “Don’t forget to surface for the occasional white author, OK?”

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