Academic fraud endemic in published research, from photoshopped blots to AI slop

[Otherbrother]

@Scientist

Academic publishing requires competent editors and peer-reviewers that know the literature and check each manuscript in detail. With the number of journals and articles currently being published, though, that is not remotely possible.

And that was already true even before reviewers and editors had to start wading through a torrent of AI-generated slop. It’s really hard to see how academia can fix this issue.