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Fabricated AI Citations Are Spreading Into Biomedical Literature
Key Takeaways
- Researchers audited 2.47 million biomedical papers and found thousands of fabricated references.
- The rate of fake citations has increased sharply since 2023.
- Language models are identified as a likely cause, though not the only possible one.
- The authors recommend automated citation checks and retrospective screening of published work.
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DT Editorial Team··via the-decoder.com