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Kaggle removes stroke dataset citing copyright, not scientific integrity

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Kaggle has removed a stroke dataset after Retraction Watch reported it was problematic and lacked scientific integrity. Researchers had used this dataset to train AI models, believing it was curated for post-stroke status. Despite initial concerns about the dataset's quality, Kaggle only removed it, citing copyright infringement rather than scientific misconduct. AI

IMPACT Undermines trust in publicly available datasets used for AI model training.

RANK_REASON Platform action regarding a dataset, not a core AI release or research.

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Kaggle removes stroke dataset citing copyright, not scientific integrity

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # RetractionWatch update Sorry, this is long. https:// retractionwatch.com/2026/07/29 /kaggle-removes-problematic-stroke-dataset-for-copyright-infringement/ Tod

    # RetractionWatch update Sorry, this is long. https:// retractionwatch.com/2026/07/29 /kaggle-removes-problematic-stroke-dataset-for-copyright-infringement/ Today RW reported that # Kaggle has pulled the image dataset that purported to contain facial images of people who had had …

    LINKS retractionwatch.com/…/kaggle-removes-prob… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37795137 retractionwatch.com/…/29 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/377951

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