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I wrote The Future of Truth and then found to my alarm it contained AI-hallucinated quotes. I've chosen to fight back

Source
Fortune
Author
Steven Rosenbaum
Published
Oct 6, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC
Collected
Oct 6, 2026, 2:32 PM UTC
Original language
English
Country / region
United States · North America
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Summary

Author Steven Rosenbaum writes about discovering that his book The Future of Truth: How AI Reshapes Reality contained quotes fabricated or altered by AI. After The New York Times reported the problem in May 2026, events were cancelled and the book drew public ridicule. He says two human fact-checkers then reviewed the manuscript line by line and found 26 quotes that did not hold up; a revised edition corrects them and adds an Author's Note and a new chapter on AI hallucinations.

Confirmed facts

  • The book had been out five days when a New York Times reporter questioned a quote, according to Rosenbaum.
  • The New York Times reported on its front page that the book contained quotes made up by AI.
  • Rosenbaum says two human fact-checkers found 26 quotes that did not hold up; each was corrected, paraphrased or removed.
  • The revised edition opens with an Author's Note, drops all blurbs and the foreword, and adds a chapter titled "Hallucinations and Repercussions".
  • Rosenbaum says he disclosed his AI use in the acknowledgments and takes responsibility for not catching the errors.
  • This is a first-person opinion essay by the author, published by Fortune.

Uncertainties

  • This is the author's own account; the revised edition's corrections have not been independently checked here.
  • Rosenbaum attributes some errors to AI "fixing" quotes during editing; exactly how each error arose is not independently established.

Why it mattersAnalysis

A book warning about AI and truth was itself undermined by AI fabrications, a vivid lesson in verifying AI output.

Human impactAnalysis

Writers, students and researchers who rely on AI risk publishing invented quotes and damaging their reputations.

Educational relevanceAnalysis

A strong classroom example of why every AI-provided quote and citation must be checked against the original source — Natural Intelligence first.

Professional relevanceAnalysis

Publishers and editors may need new fact-checking steps for manuscripts written with AI help.

Global South relevanceAnalysis

Scholars with fewer fact-checking resources may be especially exposed to AI-invented citations.

AI-assistance disclosure

This summary may have been assisted by AI-assisted tools for classification, translation, extraction, or drafting. The original source should be consulted. Human review and editorial judgment remain responsible for publication.

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