AI-Generated Rat with Enormous Genitals Shocks Scientists

Scientists express shock and dismay as egregiously bad AI-generated figures, including an image of a rat with bizarrely large genitals, make it through peer review and are published in a reputable journal. The article, titled "Cellular functions of spermatogonial stem cells in relation to JAK/STAT signaling pathway," authored by researchers in China, has prompted an investigation by the publisher, Frontiers. The incident highlights concerns about the potential for AI to generate low-quality research and the need for new authorship guidelines to address the problem in scientific publishing.