Algorithms · May 2025Gaffe level: Blunder
Major Newspapers Printed an AI-Hallucinated Summer Reading List
The Chicago Sun-Times and Philadelphia Inquirer ran a syndicated summer reading list recommending books that do not exist. The writer admitted AI drafted it and he never fact-checked it. King Features fired him.
Source: NPR
A Belfast Surgical Robot Has Treated 130 Complex Cases Since May
Belfast City Hospital's Da Vinci 5 robotic platform for gynaecology has treated 130 patients needing complex surgery since its launch in May 2026, and the longest inpatient wait in Belfast Trust has fallen from seven years to three. A new 1.95 million pound investment in endometriosis services will expand the specialist centres and local care behind that progress.