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A new study in The Lancet shows that the rate of fake citations increased more than 12x between Jan 2023 and Feb 2026.https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00603-3/fulltext

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  • flomaraninchi@pouet.chapril.orgF flomaraninchi@pouet.chapril.org

    @HydrePrever

    A chaque fois qu'on me dit que l'IA c'est formidable parce que ça va soigner toutes les maladies... Oui, bon, en attendant ça bordélise la recherche biomédicale, surtout.

    The purpose of a system is what it does.

    @petersuber

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    @flomaraninchi @HydrePrever @petersuber

    "Flagged references underwent sequential filters to minimise false positives: automated pattern detection removed parsing artefacts, and an LLM (Claude 3.5 Haiku; Anthropic, San Francisco, CA, USA) screened remaining candidates to distinguish genuine fabrications from formatting discrepancies such as informally abbreviated titles."

    I don't know what level of trolling is this

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    • djelouze@mstdn.calut.frD djelouze@mstdn.calut.fr

      @flomaraninchi @HydrePrever @petersuber

      "Flagged references underwent sequential filters to minimise false positives: automated pattern detection removed parsing artefacts, and an LLM (Claude 3.5 Haiku; Anthropic, San Francisco, CA, USA) screened remaining candidates to distinguish genuine fabrications from formatting discrepancies such as informally abbreviated titles."

      I don't know what level of trolling is this

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      @djelouze
      🙁

      @HydrePrever @petersuber

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      • djelouze@mstdn.calut.frD djelouze@mstdn.calut.fr

        @flomaraninchi @HydrePrever @petersuber

        "Flagged references underwent sequential filters to minimise false positives: automated pattern detection removed parsing artefacts, and an LLM (Claude 3.5 Haiku; Anthropic, San Francisco, CA, USA) screened remaining candidates to distinguish genuine fabrications from formatting discrepancies such as informally abbreviated titles."

        I don't know what level of trolling is this

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        @djelouze @flomaraninchi @petersuber 😂

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        • petersuber@fediscience.orgP petersuber@fediscience.org

          A new study in The Lancet shows that the rate of fake citations increased more than 12x between Jan 2023 and Feb 2026.
          https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00603-3/fulltext

          #AI #Citations #Hallucinations

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          @petersuber I guess it might be time to go back to the in-house hard-copy to determine what is true or false. We're seeing the death of information and the dumping of concocted half-truth of the most misleading kinds. That coupled with human over-confidence and over-reaching is a bit troubling.

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          • petersuber@fediscience.orgP petersuber@fediscience.org

            A new study in The Lancet shows that the rate of fake citations increased more than 12x between Jan 2023 and Feb 2026.
            https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00603-3/fulltext

            #AI #Citations #Hallucinations

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            @petersuber Threshold of trust long since breached ...

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            • petersuber@fediscience.orgP petersuber@fediscience.org

              A new study in The Lancet shows that the rate of fake citations increased more than 12x between Jan 2023 and Feb 2026.
              https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00603-3/fulltext

              #AI #Citations #Hallucinations

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              @petersuber but can we trust this?

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              • petersuber@fediscience.orgP petersuber@fediscience.org

                A new study in The Lancet shows that the rate of fake citations increased more than 12x between Jan 2023 and Feb 2026.
                https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00603-3/fulltext

                #AI #Citations #Hallucinations

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                @petersuber
                Potential incentized correction : Discovery of a fake citation during review leads to instant rejection.

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                • petersuber@fediscience.orgP petersuber@fediscience.org

                  A new study in The Lancet shows that the rate of fake citations increased more than 12x between Jan 2023 and Feb 2026.
                  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00603-3/fulltext

                  #AI #Citations #Hallucinations

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                  @petersuber

                  So much for LLM and AI, but of course authors used to make up things long before…

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                  • petersuber@fediscience.orgP petersuber@fediscience.org

                    A new study in The Lancet shows that the rate of fake citations increased more than 12x between Jan 2023 and Feb 2026.
                    https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00603-3/fulltext

                    #AI #Citations #Hallucinations

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                    @petersuber fake citations in published work or submitted work
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                    • petersuber@fediscience.orgP petersuber@fediscience.org

                      A new study in The Lancet shows that the rate of fake citations increased more than 12x between Jan 2023 and Feb 2026.
                      https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00603-3/fulltext

                      #AI #Citations #Hallucinations

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                      @petersuber

                      Thanks Gen-ai! You are truly a gift to science and the world! 🙄

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                      • shironeko@fedi.tesaguri.clubS shironeko@fedi.tesaguri.club
                        @petersuber fake citations in published work or submitted work
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                        @petersuber looks like it's published work. All of this just shows how fake and broken the publishing industry is.
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                        • petersuber@fediscience.orgP petersuber@fediscience.org

                          A new study in The Lancet shows that the rate of fake citations increased more than 12x between Jan 2023 and Feb 2026.
                          https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00603-3/fulltext

                          #AI #Citations #Hallucinations

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                          @petersuber zomg no way

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                          • djelouze@mstdn.calut.frD djelouze@mstdn.calut.fr

                            @flomaraninchi @HydrePrever @petersuber

                            "Flagged references underwent sequential filters to minimise false positives: automated pattern detection removed parsing artefacts, and an LLM (Claude 3.5 Haiku; Anthropic, San Francisco, CA, USA) screened remaining candidates to distinguish genuine fabrications from formatting discrepancies such as informally abbreviated titles."

                            I don't know what level of trolling is this

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                            @djelouze @flomaraninchi @HydrePrever @petersuber

                            We are now, truly, in the Dark Ages.

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