E-book library and audiobook application Libby adds artificial intelligence to disappointment Some readers AND librarianswho would prefer AI to introduce to his favorite applications. The new “Inspire Me” feature allows users to obtain book recommendations using prompts or from their previously saved titles in Libby.
To use this function, readers will affect the “inspire me” option on the main page of Libba, where they can ask for fiction or non –tym, and then narrow down the suggestions of other factors, such as the age range, type of content and many others. For example, you can take advantage of suggestions such as “spinal filming” or “funny”, and then on specific scenarios, such as “Dark humor about modern family disorders” or “rescue travelers from medieval knights”.
The application will then display five relevant titles that match the desired inspiration.
Overdrive, a company that creates the Libby application, says that the function is based on the digital collection of each library, so it points to books offered by the library. It also prioritizes titles that are immediately available for borrowing.
While a fairly basic use for AI, some users and librarians of Libby are moving away through posts social media Sites, saying that they prefer to receive book recommendations without the use of AI technology. Others are worried about potential problems related to privacy related to some AI experiences.
Overdrive, however, explains in A political document about the use of AI by Libby That he avoids the collection of “insignificant personal data”, and when he uses your personal data, he is not made available to third parties or artificial intelligence models. The company also claims that the details and activity of users are not made available to the AI model.
In addition, if you share one of the saved tags with artificial intelligence to get suggestions, it does not receive any details about you, device or name or tag description – he only has titles for use for recommendation.
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Perhaps, expecting a certain throw against the new addition, Overdrive emphasized in the announcement that his goal was not to replace “human insight” for the generative function of AI. Rather, he says that this function can be used to “supplement” the discovery conducted by the librarian.
“Inspire us uses responsible AI integration to help patronomes in diving deeper into the amazing catalogs of their local libraries,” said Jen Leitman, marketing director of Overdrive, Wa statement. “By passing titles that are consistent with what readers are looking for, inspire me helps patronoms to discover more books in which their libraries have already invested. It is not about replacing human view, it is about facilitating discovering, smarter and more intuitive,” she noted.
The company launched this function before This month, it allows users to search “#inspire” in the Libby application for access. Now officially announced And implementing, all Libby users should expect access to the functions in September.
