Tina took a photo of the article and posted it to her Threads account, accusing the newspaper of using AI to generate its recommendations. That image of the article is now circulating on Bluesky, as well as the Chicago subreddit. I'm not a subscriber, and the article doesn't appear to be on the Sun-Times' website, so I can't verify the list myself. But based on the photograph, it doesn't look good for the Sun-Times.
View on ThreadsGiven these fake books have real authors attached to them, fans of those authors may believe their favorite writer has a new, intriguing novel out. Even if you have no idea who any of the named authors are, you might use this piece to head to your library or book store to get a jump on your summer reading list—and if you're pulling from the first 10 recommendations, you're going to be looking for a long time.
What happened here?
If this list is real, and it was published in the Sunday edition of the Sun-Times, it does strongly suggest the newspaper used generative AI to write it. (I've reached out to the paper for comment, and will update this piece if I receive a response.) That's not just because the writing is stilted. AI often hallucinates, or, in other words, sometimes makes things up. It's not totally clear why the models do this—it could be an issue with the training data, or the conclusions the models draw from that training—but the problem is only getting worse even as AI models ostensibly improve.
I don't believe in using generative AI to publish stories like this. But if a newspaper is going to outsource the writing to a bot, it needs a human fact-checker (or perhaps, I don't know, an editor) to review the generation and make sure everything is correct. Though at that point, I'd suggest just just paying a human writer to offer the book recommendations themself. I gaurantee you there are plenty of out-of-work or underemployed journalists who would jump at the chance.
"This incident underscores the importance of verifying information, especially when AI-generated content is involved," ChatGPT wrote.
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