Now they’re being clogged with AI slop. Scientific publishing has always had its plumbing problems. Even before ChatGPT, journal editors struggled to control the quantity and quality of submitted work ...

BEIJING -- China remains the top source of scientific "hot papers", contributing 48.4 percent of the global total, according to a think tank report released on Friday. Hot papers are scientific ...

There have been a number of high-profile cases where scientific papers have had to be retracted because they were filled with AI-generated slop—the most recent coming just two weeks ago. These ...

A widely cited “hallmark” paper on the safety of glyphosate-based chemical herbicides, including Roundup, was retracted last week by the journal that initially published it 25 years ago. “The Monsanto ...

Objectives COVID-19, a public health emergency affecting the world in 2019, not only greatly promoted the development and application of vaccines but also effectively shortened the publishing time of ...

The conference billed itself as the first to feature all A.I.-generated research. Yuichiro Chino via Getty Images Should scientists use artificial intelligence to help conduct research or write up the ...

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ABSTRACT: Mathematical optimization is a fundamental aspect of machine learning (ML). An ML task can be conceptualized as optimizing a specific objective using the training dataset to discern patterns ...

Some companies are working to remedy the issue. Some AI chatbots rely on flawed research from retracted scientific papers to answer questions, according to recent studies. The findings, confirmed by ...

Summarizing complex scientific findings for a non-expert audience is one of the most important things a science journalist does from day to day. Generating summaries of complex writing has also been ...

Adopting a targeted, multi-pass reading approach to research studies can help you efficiently locate and extract the information you’re looking for while identifying potential limitations. Reading a ...