The bestselling book on herbal remedies on Amazon could be "written by AI", finds Originality.ai, an artificial intelligence detection tool specialised in plagiarism and original content checks. A recent study by it found at least "82 per cent of books on herbal remedies on Amazon are likely AI-written."
According to Michael Fraiman of Originality.ai, 82 per cent of all books available on Amazon’s “Herbal Remedies” subcategory, published between January 1 and September 30, 2025, were at least partially likely written by AI. And, 96 per cent of all the books had some AI-generated content.
The AI firm has reportedly checked the contents of over 500 titles for the study. According to the report, the firm checked books' samples, descriptions or summaries, and author biographies to assess the use of AI in content generation.
Interestingly, the study also found 87 per cent of all likely AI-written books used identical keywords in their titles: Apothecary, ancient, holistic, and Bible.
"These books recommend herbs, roots, extracts, tinctures and oils for humans to consume—often in place of pharmaceutical drugs, which are sometimes written about in disparaging or distrustful terms. Many of the books are packed with extremely basic recipes, ignoring potential side effects, which can be severe for pregnant women, young children, people with auto-immune diseases and others," it said.
Raising concern over the extensive use of AI, Dan Conway, CEO of the Publishers Association in the UK, told The Guardian they have urged Amazon to label AI-written book as such and remove AI slop "as a matter of urgency.”
However, in a statement to the publication, Amazon said, "We have content guidelines governing which books can be listed for sale, and we have proactive and reactive methods that help us detect content that violates our guidelines, whether AI-generated or not. We invest significant time and resources to ensure our guidelines are followed, and remove books that do not adhere to those guidelines.”
