1+ hour, 26+ min ago  (155+ words) Research misconduct may leave traces in the text itself, not only in how the research is conducted, suggests a new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. By analysing scientific articles later retracted for misconduct, the researchers identified five recurring…...

3+ hour, 36+ min ago  (500+ words) Research misconduct may leave traces in the text itself, not only in how the research is conducted, suggests a new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. By analysing scientific articles later retracted for misconduct, the researchers identified five recurring…...

4+ hour, 16+ min ago  (442+ words) ar Xiv, one of the world's most widely used repositories for scientific preprints, is tightening its rules against careless use of artificial intelligence in academic papers as concerns grow over the spread of low-quality AI-generated research, as per a Tech…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago  (72+ words) Ar Xiv has introduced stricter rules against unchecked AI-generated research papers, targeting submissions with fake citations, chatbot prompts and hallucinated references. Researchers found violating the policy could face a one-year ban and stricter review requirements for future submissions....

2+ hour, 29+ min ago  (284+ words) Although papers on ar Xiv (pronounced "archive) appear before peer review, the site has grown into a primary channel for sharing work in fields like computer science and mathematics. Its archive has also become a data source for tracking trends…...

16+ hour, 34+ min ago  (585+ words) Ar Xiv has moved to tighten its rules on careless use of large language models in research papers. The open-access preprint platform said authors must check all content before submitting work, even when they use AI tools during writing or…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (24+ words) If the platform finds 'incontrovertible evidence' that someone didn't check the output of a large language model, they could face a one-year ban....

14+ hour, 48+ min ago  (463+ words) The preprint platform will penalise authors whose papers contain hallucinated references or leftover LLM instructions. A Lancet study found fabricated citations in biomedical papers rose twelvefold since 2023....

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (432+ words) Under the updated guidelines, if moderators find "incontrovertible evidence" that authors did not verify the output of large language models (LLMs) before submission, the paper will be rejected and the authors face a one-year suspension from posting on Ar Xiv. After…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (624+ words) As the volume of scientific research continues to grow at record speed, researchers are struggling to keep up. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses, which combine evidence from many studies to guide policymaking and scientific understanding, can take more than a year…...