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

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My book went through five editorial rounds and more than 4,000 tracked changes, but I later discovered it had 26 quotes that didn't hold up under scrutiny.

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  • My book went through five editorial rounds and more than 4,000 tracked changes, but I later discovered it had 26 quotes that didn't hold up under scrutiny.
  • Reported by Fortune and published Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:00:00 UTC.

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