Journal editors and peer reviewers are being flooded with AI-generated papers that are almost impossible to detect.
An analysis of 97 million citations has found that rates of fabricated citations have climbed steeply since 2023.
Researchers face one-year bans as arXiv enforces new rules against AI-generated “slop” papers, citing growing academic ...
Ben Williamson of the University of Edinburgh has been tracking the phenomenon because of a very personal experience with Frankencitations. I asked him some questions about what’s going on and what he ...