Chicago Sun-Times accused of using AI to create reading list of books that don’t exist

An allegedly ChatGPT-generated article lists fake books by real authors, but outlet says newsroom wasn’t the culpritIllinois’ prominent Chicago Sun-Times newspaper has been accused of using artificial intelligence (AI) to create and publish a summer reading list that includes several recommendations for books that don’t exist.Social media posts began to circulate on Tuesday criticizing the paper for allegedly using the AI software ChatGPT to generate an article with book recommendations for the upcoming summer season called “Summer reading list for 2025”. As such chatbots are known to make up information, a phenomenon often referred to as “AI hallucination”, the article contains several fake titles attached to real authors. Continue reading...

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