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A.I.-Generated #ReadingList in #ChicagoSunTimes Recommends Nonexistent Books
A summer reading insert recommended made-up titles by real authors such as #IsabelAllende and #DeliaOwens. The Sun-Times and The #PhiladelphiaInquirer have apologized.
#ai #hallucinationhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/business/media/chicago-sun-times-ai-reading-list.html
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“The ‘Heat Index’ newspaper insert published by the #ChicagoSunTimes and the #PhiladelphiaInquirer contained AI-generated misinformation and reading lists full of books that don’t exist.” It “was created by a subsidiary of the [publishing] giant #Hearst.”
https://www.404media.co/viral-ai-generated-summer-guide-printed-by-chicago-sun-times-was-made-by-magazine-giant-hearst/