Science is entering a massive publishing boom, in large part due to artificial intelligence. New research published in the journal Science has revealed that scientists who use large language models ...

Researchers who are using generative AI to write scientific papers are publishing a significantly higher number of studies, a new analysis finds (Science 2025, DOI: 10.1126/science.adw3000). The ...

As the fall semester came to a close, Andrew Heiss, an assistant professor in the Department of Public Management and Policy at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, ...

There’s sloppy science, and there’s AI slop science. In an ironic twist of fate, beleaguered AI researchers are warning that the field is being choked by a deluge of shoddy academic papers written ...

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An international team of researchers has released an artificial intelligence system capable of autonomously conducting scientific research across multiple disciplines — generating papers from initial ...

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 ...

Scientific fraud has existed for as long as modern science has; documented cases date back centuries. With wrongdoers profiting off deceptive practices, cases have been sharply rising. A new study has ...

According to a report by The Washington Post, scientists with the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water were ordered by "political appointees" to stop work on studies that were headed for ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Researchers have submitted more than 100 proposals to participate in the Trump administration's $50 million study into possible causes of autism, with a list of up to 25 ...

A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half. By Carl Zimmer For years, whistle-blowers have warned that ...