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is adding — you guessed it! — AI. The new Inspire Me feature is an AI-fueled discovery tool tuned to your local branch's collection. Following a soft launch this month, it will be officially available in September.
, Overdrive is limiting the discovery process of the feature. Instead of typing freely into a prompt box, you'll start by answering several canned preference questions. These include categories , age groups and preset adjectives . You can also let it make recommendations based on your previously saved titles.Inspire Me prioritizes ebooks and audiobooks that are immediately available. Each recommendation will include a brief explanation of how it aligns with your stated interests.Some in the library community reacted sharply to the feature. "Smoke is pouring out of my ears," librarian Rachel Stormthat Inspire Me only sends tags connected to "a random selection of titles you have saved" to the model. The policy says it only sends the book titles, not any other details about you or your device. Overdrive says it designed the feature to minimize energy impact and will monitor its footprint over time. As long as there isn't anything sneaky tucked in beyond that, this sounds like a relatively tame use of AI. Then again, I sometimes spend my work hours Regardless of your perspective, the feature will roll out broadly in September. You’ll find it by tapping the Libby icon in the app menu.
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