Writing academic assignments at university can be stressful, especially if it is your first time preparing a full research paper. Many African students face real barriers: limited access to digital ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool that scans manuscript titles and abstracts has flagged more than 250,000 cancer studies that bear textual similarities to articles that are known to have been ...

Some companies are working to remedy the issue. Some AI chatbots rely on flawed research from retracted scientific papers to answer questions, according to recent studies. The findings, confirmed by ...

According to a report by The Washington Post, scientists with the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water were ordered by "political appointees" to stop work on studies that were headed for ...

Medical research plays a vital role in advancing healthcare, improving treatment, and informing public health policies. However, it can be difficult to understand a study or whether it is trustworthy.

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. The number of basic science papers published by recipients of ...

Hidden AI Prompts Trick Academics Into Giving Research Papers Only Positive Comments Your email has been sent Researchers from 14 academic institutions in eight countries hid AI prompts in their ...

Artificial intelligence has infected every corner of academia — and now, some scientists are fighting back with a seriously weird trick. In a new investigation, reporters from Japan’s Nikkei Asia ...

An analysis by the American Association for the Advancement of Science shows the impact of the administration’s budget plan on the kind of studies that produce the most breakthroughs. By William J.

Academics may be leaning on a novel strategy to influence peer review of their research papers — adding hidden prompts designed to coax AI tools to deliver positive feedback. Nikkei Asia reports that ...

Like any crappy human writer, AI chatbots have a tendency to overuse specific words — and now, scientists are using that propensity to catch their colleagues when they secretly use it in their work.

Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world. By Gina Kolata Scientists know it is happening, ...