“Illinois’ prominent Chicago Sun-Times newspaper has confirmed that a summer reading list, which included several recommendations for books that don’t exist, was created using artificial intelligence by a freelancer who worked with one of their content partners.”
– Marina Dunbar
Complaints on social media led the Chicago Sun-Times to realize it had included several book titles apparanetly fabricated by a generative AI model in a suggsted list of summer reading. The paper called the incident “a learning moment for all of journalism” and said it was committed to ensure similar mistakes would not happen in future.
Chicago Sun-Times confirms AI was used to create reading list of books that don’t exist | THE GUARDIAN | May 21, 2025 | by Marina Dunbar