"No excuses." Infamous summer reading list shows the perils of AI beyond just energy use: 'Completely embarrassed' first appeared on The Cool Down.

The Chicago Sun-Times is facing sharp criticism after it published a summer reading list in its May 18 "Best of Summer ... Sports Illustrated published product review articles penned under fake ...

The Chicago Sun-Times and Philadelphia Inquirer ran a fake, AI-generated summer reading list in print. Here's why it harms ...

It's on me 100 percent." Yep- the bogus summer reading list from the Chicago Sun Times is real. Here I am with it from a few minutes ago. (Support your local library!!) When one user posted a ...

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.

Content distributor King Features says it fired a writer who used artificial intelligence to write a story on summer reading suggestions that contained books that didn’t exist. Chicago Sun-Times ...

A special section inserted into the Sunday Chicago Sun-Times featured page upon page ... lounging by the pool or relaxing in a favorite reading spot. The only problem: The authors are real ...

It is unclear whether the Best Summer Reading of 2025 list was a "paid insert" or published as branded content, but the Chicago Sun-Times is taking the heat for unedited AI slop regardless.