Report highlights link between aging researchers and fabricated medical citations
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Updated · geneonline · May 8
Report highlights link between aging researchers and fabricated medical citations
3 articles · Updated · geneonline · May 8
The analysis says medical journals may be seeing more citations that appear fabricated or generated by artificial intelligence.
It does not claim causation, but raises concerns about research integrity and calls for further investigation into factors behind the apparent trend.
The report focuses on a possible correlation between an aging scientific workforce and suspect citations, rather than proving older researchers are responsible.
Is an aging workforce to blame for AI fraud, or are younger researchers misusing the technology?
With AI able to fake entire studies, can detection tools ever win against a broken academic culture?
Medical treatments rely on published research. How much of that science is now built on AI-generated lies?