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"Controversial AI-Generated Rat Genitalia Sparks Journal Retraction and Apology"
science2 years ago

"Controversial AI-Generated Rat Genitalia Sparks Journal Retraction and Apology"

A paper in the journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology has been retracted due to AI-generated images depicting disproportioned rat anatomy, including exaggerated genitalia, and incomprehensible text. The authors, from Hong Hui Hospital and Jiaotong University in China, credited an AI system for creating the images, but the journal's policy requiring fact-checking of AI-generated materials was not followed. The retraction highlights the challenges and potential pitfalls of using AI in scientific research and publishing.

Teens Uncover New Proof for 2,000-Year-Old Mathematical Theorem.
science-and-technology3 years ago

Teens Uncover New Proof for 2,000-Year-Old Mathematical Theorem.

Two high school seniors from New Orleans have claimed to have proven Pythagoras's theorem using trigonometry, which academics have thought to be impossible for two millennia. Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson presented their findings at the American Mathematical Society's semi-annual meeting in Georgia and were encouraged to submit their work to a peer-reviewed journal. The pair's proof is based on a fundamental result in trigonometry, the Law of Sines, and is independent of the Pythagorean trig identity sin2x+cos2x=1.