Deepfake case study · Multi-modal
Chicago Sun-Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer deepfake (May 2025)
A syndicated summer reading list published in the Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer was found to be largely fake, generated by AI. The list of 15 books was a syndicated piece by King Features. Freelance…
- Incident date
- May 2025
- Target
- Chicago Sun-Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
A syndicated summer reading list published in the Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer was found to be largely fake, generated by AI. The list of 15 books was a syndicated piece by King Features. Freelance writer Marco Buscaglia admitted to partially generating the piece using AI. The fake books were paired with fake descriptions. The newspapers have distanced themselves and promised to investigate.