A popular book app's AI has been scrapped after being deemed'bigoted and racist'. Fable, a social media app for book enthusiasts, used an AI to create a Spotify-like'wrapped' experience, summarising users' reading habits throughout the year. However, outraged readers soon complained that the feature, designed to offer a'playful roast', was lashing out with racist putdowns. One user was shocked when the app told them to'surface for the occasional white author' after spending the year reading'Black narratives and transformative tales'. Another was slammed by their AI summary as a'diversity devotee', with the app questioning whether they were'ever in the mood for a straight, cis white man's perspective'.

Fable, a popular social media app that describes itself as a haven for "bookworms and bingewatchers," created an AI-powered end-of-year summary feature recapping what books users read in 2024. It was meant to be playful and fun, but some of the recaps took on an oddly combative tone. Writer Danny Groves's summary for example, asked if he's "ever in the mood for a straight, cis white man's perspective" after labeling him a "diversity devotee." Books influencer Tiana Trammell's summary, meanwhile, ended with the following advice: "Don't forget to surface for the occasional white author, OK?" A reader summary as shown on the 2024 stats page from the Fable app. Trammell was flabbergasted, and she soon realized she wasn't alone after sharing her experience with Fable's summaries on Threads.