This Government Paid Deloitte $1 Million for a Report That Included Fake AI Citations

A Deloitte healthcare report that cost the Canadian government nearly $1.6 million CAD ($1.13 million USD) has now been found ...
C&EN

Peer reviewers like papers that cite them

Peer reviewers whose work is cited in the studies they are refereeing are significantly more likely to recommend accepting those papers than if their work is not cited, a new study has found. The ...
Politifact

How fake citations appeared in RFK Jr.’s MAHA report: Here are generative AI’s red flags in studies

Multiple citations in the "Make America Healthy Again" report contained titles of nonexistent papers, or mischaracterized real ones. Experts say those are hallmarks of artificial intelligence ...
Regtechtimes on MSN

Deloitte’s $1.6M health report rocked by AI-style fake citations — province faces massive credibility crisis

A health care report prepared by Deloitte Canada for a Canadian provincial government is facing serious criticism after ...
The New York Times

White House Health Report Included Fake Citations

A report on children’s health released by the Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist. By Dani Blum and Maggie Astor The Trump administration released a ...
Live Science

Citation cartels, ghost writing and fake peer-review: Fraud is causing a crisis in science — here's what we need to do to stop it

H-indices — a measure of the number of papers an academic has published and how often they have been cited (for example I have an H-index of 28 meaning I have 28 papers which have each been cited at ...
The Scientist

Postdocs Who Publish Hit Papers Are More Likely to Stay and Succeed in Academia

Data show that postdoctoral productivity and citations influence academic success, highlighting the underappreciated importance of postdoctoral training. To investigate how postdoctoral periods shape ...
The Conversation

AI will soon be able to audit all published research – what will that mean for public trust in science?

Naomi Oreskes has received funding from various academic and philanthropic organisations. Currently, her research is partly funded by the Rockefeller Family Fund and the Maine Community Fund. She also ...