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Newspapers print a summer reading list of books that do not exist, generated by AI for a syndicated supplement

A "Heat Index" supplement recommended non-existent novels attributed to Isabel Allende and Min Jin Lee, the writer admitted using AI, and the episode became shorthand for unreviewed AI content in print.

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