The Kindle app now answers questions about the book you’re reading

Amazon has launched a new AI feature in the Kindle app that provides spoiler-free answers to questions about the book you’re reading and has confirmed that authors cannot opt ​​out of this feature.

The company calls Ask This Book an “expert reading assistant.” Her announcement He says he’s able to answer questions about “plot details, character relationships, and thematic elements,” all while avoiding spoilers by limiting his answers to content from the pages you’ve read so far. It’s essentially a chatbot within the book, accessible from the book menu or by selecting a section of text you want to ask about.

Amazon spokesperson Allie Iraheta said: Publishers Lunch Answers are “non-shareable and non-copyable” and are only available to readers who have purchased or rented books. Iraheta also said the feature is always on, noting that “there is no option for authors or publishers to opt out of titles.”