Deepfake case study · Multi-modal
Authors (e.g., Isabel Allende, Rebecca Makkai), Chicago Sun-Times deepfake (May 2025)
The Chicago Sun-Times printed an AI-generated summer reading list that included fake book titles attributed to real authors. The article, licensed from a third party, was created using AI, and the author admitted to…
- Incident date
- May 2025
- Target
- Authors (e.g., Isabel Allende, Rebecca Makkai), Chicago Sun-Times
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
The Chicago Sun-Times printed an AI-generated summer reading list that included fake book titles attributed to real authors. The article, licensed from a third party, was created using AI, and the author admitted to not fact-checking the generated content. This led to backlash for promoting nonexistent books and misrepresenting authors' works.