Steven Rosenbaum's Book Carries 6-Plus Fake Quotes After AI-Assisted Research
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Updated · The New York Times · May 20
Steven Rosenbaum's Book Carries 6-Plus Fake Quotes After AI-Assisted Research
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 20
The New York Times found more than a half-dozen misattributed or entirely fabricated quotes in Steven Rosenbaum’s new book, “The Future of Truth,” which examines AI’s effect on veracity.
Rosenbaum said he used AI to help research, write and edit the book, and acknowledged the hallucinated passages after the paper’s review surfaced them.
Kara Swisher was among those falsely quoted; she said one invented line was not just wrong but made her sound unlike herself.
The episode lands as AI tools spread further into everyday information use, including Google’s move to remake its 25-year-old search bar around longer AI-answered queries.
That broader unease is also showing up beyond publishing, from graduates booing former Google chief Eric Schmidt’s AI-heavy commencement remarks to worries about jobs and truth.
When a book on 'The Future of Truth' contains AI-generated lies, how can readers trust what they read?
Should books now carry warning labels detailing the extent of AI involvement in their creation for readers?