Researchers have identified a significant increase in AI-hallucinated citations within biomedical papers, a trend that could impact clinical guidelines. An audit revealed a more than twelvefold rise in fabricated references since 2023, with these fake citations being nearly indistinguishable from real ones. Despite the prevalence of these errors, publishers have largely failed to respond to the affected papers. AI
IMPACT Fabricated citations in research papers could undermine scientific integrity and mislead clinical practice.
RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a research finding about AI-hallucinated citations in academic papers. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]
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