{"id":609,"date":"2026-01-16T16:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/?p=609"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:08:11","slug":"the-threat-of-ai-generated-fake-research-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/the-threat-of-ai-generated-fake-research-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Threat of AI-Generated Fake Research\u00a0Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A while ago, Prof. Zavolokina shared that she found fake research papers on Google Scholar \u201cpublished\u201d under her name. It happened to be a part of a bigger systematic issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She shared her story and thoughts about the \u201cDead Souls\u201d behind these fake articles with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/faz.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung<\/a>\u00a0and journalist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/piotr-heller-218033269\/\">Piotr Heller<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The article shows how AI is being used to fake science and why that\u2019s a serious problem for trust in research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read it (in German):&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/wissen\/computer-mathematik\/ai-slop-in-der-wissenschaft-wie-ki-die-forschung-bedroht-accg-110816267.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/files\/2026\/01\/screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.24.37.png.webp\" alt=\"screenshot 2026 01 15 at 12.24.37.png\" class=\"wp-image-610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/files\/2026\/01\/screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.24.37.png.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/files\/2026\/01\/screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.24.37.png-300x298.webp 300w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/files\/2026\/01\/screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.24.37.png-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/files\/2026\/01\/screenshot-2026-01-15-at-12.24.37.png-768x763.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while ago, Prof. Zavolokina shared that she found fake research papers on Google Scholar \u201cpublished\u201d under her name. It happened to be a part of a bigger systematic issue. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1003059,"featured_media":610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1003059"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/dino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}