AI-hallucinated citations are creeping into papers that shape clinical guidelines, researchers warn
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An audit of 2.5 million biomedical papers reveals a twelvefold increase in AI-generated fake citations since 2023, likely linked to language model usage. 98% of affected papers have not received publisher responses, raising concerns about the integrity of clinical guidelines.
Key Points
- The rate of fabricated references in biomedical papers has surged over 1200% since 2023.
- AI-generated citations often match paper topics and are formatted correctly, making them hard to detect.
- Columbia University conducted the audit alongside other institutions, examining 2.5 million papers.
- 98% of the papers with fake citations have not received any response from publishers.
- Concerns are rising about the impact of these citations on clinical guidelines.
Article Excerpt
From source RSS / original summaryAn audit of 2. 5 million biomedical papers by Columbia University and other institutions shows that the rate of fabricated references has increased more than twelvefold since 2023. The researchers suspect a link to the widespread use of language models - the fake references match their paper's topic, follow correct formatting, and are nearly impossible to spot. 98 percent of the affected papers have received no response from their publishers.
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