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Academics urge transparency in AI use for scholarly writing

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Academics are observing a rise in AI-generated submissions that lack sufficient human oversight, leading to issues like fabricated references and masked weak arguments. While acknowledging the potential for "AI slop," the authors argue that AI can be a valuable tool when used for critical engagement, revision, and dialogue. They propose that scholarship should be judged on its ideas and evidence, and scholars on their thinking, necessitating transparent disclosure of AI assistance and policies that differentiate various forms of AI use in academic work. AI

IMPACT Calls for transparent disclosure and nuanced policies on AI use in academia, impacting how scholarly work is evaluated and produced.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses opinions and potential policy changes regarding AI use in academic writing, based on observations from journal editors.

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Academics urge transparency in AI use for scholarly writing

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "We are not naive about AI‑assisted writing. As authors who are also journal editors, we see an influx of submissions showing clear signs of AI use without adeq

    "We are not naive about AI‑assisted writing. As authors who are also journal editors, we see an influx of submissions showing clear signs of AI use without adequate human oversight, resulting in canned phrasing, hallucinated references and rhetorical masking of invalid arguments.…

    LINKS nature.com/…/s44222-026-00447-1.epdf

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