We asked the author of Future of Truth to explain how he used AI. It didn’t go well

Earlier this month, WIRED published an excerpt from Steve Rosenbaum’s recent new book: The future of truthwhich examines how artificial intelligence distorts people’s sense of reality. Shortly thereafter, The New York Times reported that the book contained over half a dozen fabricated or misattributed quotes. In a statement, Rosenbaum, who has a master’s degree in truth from New York University, admitted that he had accidentally included “a handful” of “misattributed or synthetic” quotes. Ironically, the credibility of a book about how AI influences the truth has now come under intense scrutiny because the author had used AI.

After the Times story broke, WIRED took another look at our 1,450-word excerpt. The fact-checking team had reviewed it before publication and we reconfirmed that its quotes and facts were accurate. But WIRED’s generative AI editorial policy prohibits the publication of AI-generated and AI-edited text, as well as a reader email noting it…