Proliferation of AI Pirated Books: Platforms Should Worry More Than Authors

Working in cross-border e-commerce, I deal with AI tools every single day. I use AI to filter data for product selection, rely on it to generate copy, and even have it draft customer service replies first. The efficiency boost is real; these tools have saved me about 30% in labor costs. But when I saw the news recently about Joanna Stern's new book being swarmed by AI-generated pirated versions on Apple Books, my first thought was: Isn't this exactly what happens all the time in our seller community?