AI is fabricating citations in biomedical studies, researchers find
Summary
Researchers found that artificial intelligence (AI) is creating fake citations in medical research papers. These false references can affect the medical guidelines doctors use and may lead to incorrect patient care.Key Facts
- An audit found over 4,000 fake citations in millions of biomedical research papers.
- These fake references appeared in nearly 3,000 different academic papers.
- The number of fake AI-generated citations has grown 12 times in the past three years.
- Fake citations can influence clinical guidelines that doctors rely on to treat patients.
- None of the identified fake citations have been fixed or removed so far.
- The problem was discovered when an AI tool added a bogus citation in a researcher’s own paper.
- AI sometimes invents studies or wrongly attributes fake research to real authors.
- Experts warn that researchers need to carefully check their work to avoid these AI errors.
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