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AI tools meant to vet science are surprisingly easy to fool

AI tools designed to assist scientific peer review are vulnerable to manipulation, producing unhelpful feedback and allowing researchers to artificially boost their scores. The findings raise concerns about the reliability of automated review systems in academia.

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AI tools meant to vet science are surprisingly easy to fool
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News Artificial Intelligence AI tools meant to vet science are surprisingly easy to fool AI peer review doesn’t produce diverse feedback and can be tricked to boost research scores For decades, there have been more new papers than scientists can review. AI tools have been touted to help alleviate the workload, but the tech comes with consequences. Getty Images, Adapted by J. Hirshfeld By Ananya 11 seconds ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Print (Opens in new window) Print AI technology was supposed to streamline scientific peer review. Instead, it’s proving easy to fool.

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