Overview
- A New York Times review identified more than a half-dozen fabricated or misattributed quotations in The Future of Truth, and the author, Steven Rosenbaum, confirmed late Monday that he used AI tools in research and has launched an investigation.
- Several people quoted in the book, including Kara Swisher and Lisa Feldman Barrett, denied the attributed lines, while some flagged passages proved to be real remarks placed in the wrong source, as with Meredith Broussard.
- Rosenbaum said he took responsibility, disclosed use of ChatGPT and Claude in the book acknowledgments, and told reporters he is working with editors to correct affected passages in future editions.
- The book was published by a BenBella imprint and distributed by Simon & Schuster, neither of which offered substantive public comment, and no formal recall or publisher-led retraction has been announced.
- Industry observers say the case highlights a common AI failure known as hallucination—where models generate plausible but false quotes—and is renewing pressure for explicit publisher policies, human fact-checking of quotes, and transparency about AI use in nonfiction.