The market for AI generated content
In the long quest for scraping the internet for any piece of information I can find about an obscure 18th century fairy tale, I have found a LOT of AI generated content surrounded the fairy tale. Here are some of the highlights.
Podcasts
All of this content has AI generated images, and the stories are all drawn from the public domain. I would check if the podcast voice is AI generated, but this is a paid podcast that costs 5 dollars a month, so I can't really check.
https://www.storyberries.com/fairy-tales-the-island-of-the-nine-whirlpools-short-stories-for-kids/
I doubt that they actually read any of the fairy tales. On a brighter note, I did find several Youtube videos with a human voice reading this fairy tale.
Storyberries
This website is the first one that pops up when you search for Island of the Nine Whirlpools, at least on DuckDuckGo.
BAM, AI image. I think the wolf creature beside her is supposed to be the Griffin? It's hard to tell.
They also have discussion questions at the end! I don't know if these are made by humans or not.
'Why might the Queen have loved the witch?' I HAVE A SUGGESTION. Something to consider:🏳️🌈
Another 'story' website
Ok, what exactly is the market for this? Are they getting money exclusively off of ads from people going to a website and reading public domain stories with AI generated images? What's the legality for this? I'm confused. I'm always confused.
https://bosbedtimestories.com/2025/04/20/the-island-of-the-nine-whirlpools/
These AI images are a bit newer, but still struggles with text.
HA. That's not what the plaque says! Sheesh, it's like no one cares enough about this fairy tale to fact check the AI image to make it accurate.
Here's the witch in this version as well.
Very anachronistic makeup and more fingers than expected. Alas! The illustrations made by Faith Jaques are much better Scans, and new illustrations found.
I'll have it noted that NONE of the illustrations I've found, (which is a total of...about two different human illustrators and three AI generated illustrations) have shown the fifty kisses with the Queen and the Witch. Cowards.