Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Real newspaper, fake books

From 404 Media: the Chicago Sun-Times Heat Index, a guide to summer in the city, printed a reading list that includes non-existent AI-generated books, complete with brief descriptions.

And: “Other articles in the Heat Index insert have what appear to be AI-generated sections as well.”

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comments: 2

Sean Crawford said...

Could be worse. Lawyers go to the law library for precedents. I'm still cringing over the lawyer who cited cases in court to the judge, cases that did not exist, because he used AI. Luckily for justice, the judge knew better.

Michael Leddy said...

I think I remember reading about that. Good thing the judge knew their stuff.