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The Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer used artificial intelligence tools to write reviews of "summer reads" — books that are meant to be enjoyed while on vacation. The problem? The books that were the subject of the reviews don't exist.
May 20, 2025, 5:51 PM
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