Reading list in advertorial supplement contains 66% made up books by real authors.On Sunday, the Chicago Sun-Times published an advertorial summer reading list containing at least 10 fake books attributed to real authors, according to multiple reports on social media. The newspaper's uncredited "Summer reading list for 2025" supplement recommended titles including "Tidewater Dreams" by Isabel Allende and "The Last Algorithm" by Andy Weir—books that don't exist and were created out of thin air by an AI system.The creator of the list, Marco Buscaglia, confirmed to 404 Media that he used AI to generate the content. "I do use AI for background at times but always check out the material first. This time, I did not and I can't believe I missed it because it's so obvious. No excuses," Buscaglia said. "On me 100 percent and I'm completely embarrassed."...
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33 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 10h
Hallucinations at their finest. Classic lol
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 OP 10h
this lol
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17 sats \ 1 reply \ @roytheholographicuniverse 8h
"The next book on the Sun-Times list is The Last Algorithm by Andy Weir. This novel is also non-existent. But the storyline—about rogue AI that gains consciousness—makes me think that the bots are now mocking us." This is hilarious
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jakoyoh629 OP 6h
these bots are turning into some good liars! You think they'll ever be as slick as us? lol
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