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Clare Spencer @clarespencer.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Here is the presentation, with credit to you: youtu.be/ebvISwZ0wRk?... I owe you a coffee and, in a weird twist, I am moving to Chicago in two weeks' time.

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re:publica 25: AI in Media: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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Tina Books @tbretc.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The CEO from the Chicago Sun-Times called me to fact check my part in finding the AI Generated Summer Reading guide. My takeaway: its was very real learning experience for more the just Sun-Times. And if we want local media, we need to support local media. chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2025...

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Lessons (and an apology) from the Sun-Times CEO on that AI-generated book list

The summer section was intended to be a supplemental value to our subscribers alongside our own journalism. Instead, it detracted and distracted from our work.

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Tina Books @tbretc.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Kicking off my long weekend with this absolute gem, DISAPPOINT ME by Nicola Dinan. This one is for anyone who has ever worried they’re getting left out of something they’re not even sure they want a part of (in this case, heteronormativity). #booksky

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Said some more stuff about AI, particularly that whole "hey we let it make up a bunch of fake books and then we published that list of fake books in the real world as part of a newspaper" thing. At the blog. Enjoy! Or don't! I'm not your boss.

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Repeat After Me: AI Doesn’t Know Anything

Yesterday, the Chicago Sun-Times (and then also the Philly Inquirer) published an issue of their newspaper that included an insert about fun summer things, and in that was a list of fifteen great s…

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Tina Books @tbretc.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The Sun Times’ response to the AI generated summer reading list they posted. chicago.suntimes.com/press-room/2...

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Chicago Sun-Times response to May 18 special section

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Robert Joseph @robertgjoseph.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

When I shared a screen capture of the OP with friends, several of them asked me (reasonably!) if it was real. I love that Tina has also demonstrated the importance of fact-checking and the (sometimes literal) footwork that can be necessary to verify sources in the age of AI. bsky.app/profile/tbre...

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Extra! Extra! Get your fake books! Maximum dystopia! gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/the-one-bo...

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The one book to read this summer *beep-boop-beep*

This is not an AI-generated piece. Like, I promise.

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Stephanie Davidson @stephdavidson.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Oh good grief. This is what happens when we devalue expertise. Journalists, Librarians, Booksellers, Writers, literally ANYONE WHO READS could have made a real list of real books that actually exist.

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Rachael King @rachaelking70.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

This is the OP of the debacle! Follow her!

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Tina Books @tbretc.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Hey so while we’re here if you like real summer reading guides that aren’t AI generated, subscribe to my podcast Book Talk, etc! Our Summer Bonanza episode drops a week from today. www.booktalketc.com #books #reading #bookpodcast

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Book Talk, etc.

A book recommendation podcast that's bound to grow your TBR!

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 20/05/2025

We are looking into how this made it into print as we speak. It is not editorial content and was not created by, or approved by, the Sun-Times newsroom. We value your trust in our reporting and take this very seriously. More info will be provided soon.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 20/05/2025

I'm afraid I've confirmed that The Philadelphia Inquirer ran the same "Heat Index" supplement that the Chicago Sun-Times did

Cover page of The Philadelphia Inquirer's "Heat Index" section, with a photo of a kid in a bathing suit and goggles underwater in a swimming pool.

Summer Reading List for 2025 with various erroneous entries that look like AI hallucinations, as published in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Tina Books @tbretc.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

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!!)

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SACosby @blacktopkid.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

What in the actual Hell? Writing is not a trinket for a newspaper to use to makeup books to fill page space. Its an insult to the writers mentioned and to their readers. This is why we need strong copyright laws AND policies that don't allow AI to infiltrate our 4th estate

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Only seen this photo shared by @tbretc.bsky.social, but it looks like the Chicago Sun Times had AI write about summer books…and it included some that don’t exist. Cool, cool. Could’ve paid me or someone else, you know? This is what I do. But yeah, go with AI slop. Do you.

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Bracken MacLeod 𖤐 ⚰ @brackenmacleod.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Of the books named on this reading list, Brit Bennet, Isabel Allende, Andy Weir, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Min Jin Lee, Rumaan Alam, Rebecca Makkai, Maggie O'Farrell, Percival Everett, and Delia Owens' titles are all books that DO NOT EXIST!!! See Alt Text for more detail. Image by @tbretc.bsky.social

An image of a page from the Chicago Sun Times titled, "Summer reading list for 2025" with an image of a woman sitting on a porch, perhaps, beside a body of water, reading. It's beige as fuck. Above the title is a row of icons that invoke summer, I guess.

The article itself is too long to reproduce, BUT, only five of the fifteen books listed here as titles you should read are actually real. Brit Bennett doesn't have a book titled Hurricane Season. The fuck? Isabel Allende has no book named Tidewater Dreams. The Last Algorithm by Andy Weir, The Collector's Piece by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Nightshade Market by Min Jin Lee, The Longest Day by Rumaan Alam, Boiling Point by Rebecca Makkai, Migrations by Maggie O'Farrell, The Rainmakers by Percival Everett, and Salt and Honey by Delia Owens are all books that DO NOT EXIST!!!

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Tina Books @tbretc.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I have no idea what I’m doing here but it feels better than the other places rn

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Tina Books @tbretc.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I’ve got a 7 hour drive this weekend and audiobook credits to spare. Whats the best audiobook you read recently? #booksky #audiobooks

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Tina Books @tbretc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Since I’m new here, I thought I’d share a few things about me: I’m Tina, I’ve been talking books online since 2016. I love reading thrillers, horror, contemporary/literary fiction. My podcast is Book Talk, etc. And I just started BookTube! youtu.be/qdD9PRqsQbw?... #booksky #readers #aboutme

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Reading Vlog! New Release Tuesday, Weekly Reads, Book Shopping, and Thrifting

YouTube video by Tina Books | TBR, etc.

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Tina Books @tbretc.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I need a physical copy so I can highlight every page. (There’s Always This Year, Hanif Abdurraqib) #books #memoir

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Tina Books @tbretc.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

God I forgot I set this up awhile back 😅 Hey pals! What a week.

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