AI Fakes Citations in Biomedical Papers, Troubling Clinical Guidelines
TL;DR
An audit of millions of biomedical papers found more than 4,000 citations to non-existent or misattributed studies, many generated by AI, across nearly 3,000 papers; the number has grown 12-fold in three years and could skew clinical guidelines unless researchers and editors rigorously fact-check AI-assisted citations.
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- AI is fabricating citations in biomedical studies, researchers find CBS News
- One in 277 PubMed-indexed papers in 2026 shows fabricated references, says analysis Retraction Watch
- Fraudulent citations, blamed on AI hallucinations, are becoming more common in research papers statnews.com
- Thousands of medical papers found citing studies that never existed: Report | Study raised concerns over growing use of AI | Inshorts Inshorts
- C. Jillian Tsai: The Lancet Report on Fake Citations and Paper Mills in Scientific Publishing Oncodaily
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