Deepfake case study · Multi-modal
Readers of Chicago Sun-Times and Philadelphia Inquirer, Authors whose fake books were promoted…
An AI-generated summer reading list with fake titles appeared in a print insert in the Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Several titles were made up, including 'The Last Algorithm' by Andy Weir and…
- Incident date
- May 2025
- Target
- Readers of Chicago Sun-Times and Philadelphia Inquirer, Authors whose fake books were promoted
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
An AI-generated summer reading list with fake titles appeared in a print insert in the Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Several titles were made up, including 'The Last Algorithm' by Andy Weir and 'The Collector's Piece' by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Freelancer Marco Buscaglia took responsibility for the piece and confirmed he used AI.